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Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm · CancerIndex

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

Cancer

Malignant Thyroid Gland Neoplasm

CI-CAN-00003251Explore in graph →

Top-level176 active trials10 approved drugs63 evidence items

NCIt: C7510
ICD-10: C73
DOID: 1781

Overview
Statistics369
Survival
Genomics6
Variants & evidence63
Drugs18
Trials790
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness6 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (data present)
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 affecting the thyroid gland.

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 Neck NeoplasmSubtype
Thyroid Gland NeoplasmSubtype

Children (5)

ncit

Thyroblastoma
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma11 sub
Thyroid Gland Follicular Dendritic Cell Sarcoma
Thyroid Gland Lymphoma2 sub
Thyroid Gland Sarcoma3 sub

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

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Head and NeckC12418

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00003251
Entity type: Cancer
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 5
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

790 / 176

Publications (all / 5y)

37,525 / 13,792

Evidence items

63

Genes / variants

194 / 30

Drugs (any / approved)

18 / 10

Genomic cohorts

6

Epidemiology / survival obs.

369 / 0

Data updated 17 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (14)

Thyroid Cancerdisplay · CancerIndex top-level set
Malignant Neoplasm of the Thyroidsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of the Thyroid Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Thyroidsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Neoplasm of Thyroid Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Thyroid Gland Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Thyroid Neoplasmsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Thyroid Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Thyroidsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of the Thyroid Glandsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Thyroidsynonym · NCIt
Malignant Tumor of Thyroid Glandsynonym · NCIt
Thyroid Cancersynonym · CIViC
Thyroid 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 deaths2,229countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #21 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)
US new cases49,685countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #12 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)
US age-standardized mortality0.5per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #17 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)
Active trials176countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #21 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Recruiting trials92countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #20 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Curated evidence items63countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #8 of 28 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Publications, last 12 months2,700countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #12 of 36 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · top-level cancers)
Genomic cohorts6countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #18 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