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Malignant Salivary Gland Neoplasm · CancerIndex

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

Cancer

Malignant Salivary Gland Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00001175Explore in graph →

Top-level63 active trials13 evidence items

NCIt: C3811
ICD-10: C07-C08
DOID: 8850

Overview
Statistics369
Survival
Genomics10
Variants & evidence13
Drugs7
Trials225
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

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

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm that affects the major or minor salivary glands. Representative examples include carcinoma, lymphoma, and sarcoma.

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
Salivary Gland NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (6)

ncit

Malignant Major Salivary Gland Neoplasm7 sub
Malignant Minor Salivary Gland Neoplasm2 sub
Malignant Mixed Tumor of the Salivary Gland4 sub
Salivary Gland Carcinoma33 sub
Salivary Gland Lymphoma3 sub
Sialoblastoma

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

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Head and NeckC12418

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00001175
Entity type: Cancer
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)

225 / 63

Publications (all / 5y)

1,097 / 474

Evidence items

13

Genes / variants

17 / 7

Drugs (any / approved)

7 / 0

Genomic cohorts

10

Epidemiology / survival obs.

369 / 0

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (9)

Salivary Gland Cancerdisplay · CancerIndex top-level set
Cancer of Salivary Glandsynonym · NCIt
Cancer of the Salivary Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Salivary Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of the Salivary Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Salivary Gland Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Salivary Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Salivary Glandsynonym · NCIt
Salivary Gland 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?".

US deaths1,173countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #25 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)
US new cases5,269countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #26 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)
US age-standardized mortality0.3per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #20 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)
Active trials63countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #29 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Recruiting trials32countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #29 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Curated evidence items13countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #19 of 28 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Publications, last 12 months90countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #33 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Genomic cohorts10countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #12 of 27 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants