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Malignant Pleural Neoplasm · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Thoracic Neoplasm
Malignant Pleural Neoplasm

Subtype

Malignant Pleural Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00001168Explore in graph →

26 active trials4 approved drugs6 evidence items

NCIt: C3547

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics
Variants & evidence6
Drugs4
Trials124
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness4 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (no data yet)
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 affecting the pleura. A representative example of primary malignant pleural neoplasm is the malignant pleural mesothelioma. A representative example of metastatic malignant neoplasm to the pleura is metastatic carcinoma that has spread to the pleura from another anatomic site.

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 Thoracic NeoplasmCancer Family
Pleural NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (8)

ncit

Childhood Malignant Pleural Neoplasm
Malignant Pleural Solitary Fibrous Tumor
Pleural Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma
Pleural Leiomyosarcoma
Pleural Malignant Mesothelioma2 sub
Pleural Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma3 sub
Pleural Proximal-Type Epithelioid Sarcoma
Pleural Synovial Sarcoma2 sub

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

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

ThoracicC3406

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00001168
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): 124 / 26

Publications (all / 5y)

277 / 46

Evidence items

6

Genes / variants

2 / 5

Drugs (any / approved)

4 / 4

Genomic cohorts

0

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 20 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (8)

Cancer of Pleurasynonym · NCIt
Cancer of the Pleurasynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Pleurasynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of the Pleurasynonym · NCIt
Malignant Pleural Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Pleurasynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Pleurasynonym · NCIt
Pleural 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 trials26countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #389 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials12countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #420 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items6countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #239 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months8countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #1082 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts0countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputednot in a current ranking snapshot

Data updated 20 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants