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Malignant Neck Neoplasm · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Neck Neoplasm

Subtype

Malignant Neck Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00001148Explore in graph →

607 active trials11 approved drugs67 evidence items

NCIt: C4940

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics7
Variants & evidence67
Drugs19
Trials2145
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (data present)
Evidence (data present)
Therapies (data present)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the anatomic structures of the neck region.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Malignant Head and Neck NeoplasmCancer Family
Neck NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (7)

ncit

Malignant Laryngeal Neoplasm5 sub
Malignant Parapharyngeal Neoplasm
Malignant Parathyroid Gland Neoplasm1 sub
Malignant Pharyngeal Neoplasm6 sub
Malignant Retropharyngeal Neoplasm
Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm5 sub
Neck Carcinoma3 sub

244 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Head and NeckC12418

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00001148
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 4
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

2,145 / 607

Publications (all / 5y)

40,240 / 14,717

Evidence items

67

Genes / variants

194 / 32

Drugs (any / approved)

19 / 11

Genomic cohorts

7

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (8)

Cancer of Necksynonym · NCIt
Cancer of the Necksynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neck Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Necksynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of the Necksynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Necksynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Necksynonym · NCIt
Neck Cancersynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

Each figure carries its unit, period and source; ranks link to "Why this rank?".

No registry-level ancestor: burden figures are published for the mutually exclusive top-level site groups only, and this entity does not descend from one. Global figures (IARC / GLOBOCAN) stay under license review and SEER awaits credentials.

Active trials607countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #61 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials330countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #63 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items67countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #61 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months2,989countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #51 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts7countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #124 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants