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Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Head and Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Neck Neoplasm
Malignant Pharyngeal Neoplasm
Pharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Subtype

Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

CI-CAN-00008100NPCExplore in graph →

246 active trials1 approved drugs

NCIt: C3871
OncoTree: NPC
UMLS CUI: C2931822
MeSH: D000077274

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics1
Variants & evidence
Drugs
Trials702
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness4 / 7 dimensions

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

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A carcinoma arising from the nasopharyngeal epithelium. It includes the following types: keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, nonkeratinizing carcinoma (differentiated and undifferentiated), basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, and papillary adenocarcinoma.

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 Nasopharyngeal NeoplasmCancer
Pharyngeal CarcinomaSubtype

Children (9)

ncit

Childhood Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal Adenocarcinoma1 sub
Nasopharyngeal Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v6 Stage
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v7 Stage
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v8 Stage
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by AJCC v9 Stage
Nasopharyngeal Neuroendocrine Carcinoma2 sub

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Head and NeckC12418

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00008100
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 7
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active): 702 / 246

Nasopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

6 sub

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

Publications (all / 5y)

8,189 / 3,621

Evidence items

0

Genes / variants

0 / 0

Drugs (any / approved)

0 / 1

Genomic cohorts

1

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (7)

Nasopharyngeal Carcinomamesh_heading · MeSH
Carcinoma of Nasopharynxsynonym · NCIt
Carcinoma of the Nasopharynxsynonym · NCIt
nasopharyngeal cancersynonym · NCIt
Nasopharyngeal Carcinomasynonym · OncoTree
Nasopharyngeal Throat Cancersynonym · NCIt
Nasopharynx Cancersynonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

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US deaths664countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #27 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm
US new cases1,841countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #29 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm
US age-standardized mortality0.2per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #21 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Nasopharyngeal Neoplasm
Active trials246countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #127 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials131countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #126 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items0countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputednot in a current ranking snapshot
Publications, last 12 months597countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #126 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts1countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #228 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants