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Papillary Adenocarcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Morphology
Epithelial Neoplasm
Papillary Epithelial Neoplasm
Papillary Carcinoma
Papillary Adenocarcinoma

Histology

Papillary Adenocarcinoma

CI-CAN-00003605Explore in graph →

48 active trials23 evidence items

NCIt: C2853
DOID: 3112
MeSH: D000231

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics9
Variants & evidence23
Drugs6
Trials200
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 (data present)
Therapies (no data yet)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A morphologic variant of adenocarcinoma. It is characterized by the presence of a papillary growth pattern. Representative examples include thyroid gland papillary carcinoma, invasive papillary breast carcinoma, and ovarian serous surface 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

AdenocarcinomaHistology
Papillary CarcinomaHistology

Children (11)

ncit

Breast Papillary Carcinoma4 sub
Digital Papillary Adenocarcinoma
Endolymphatic Sac Tumor
Gastric Papillary Adenocarcinoma
Invasive Papillary Adenocarcinoma5 sub
Nasopharyngeal Low Grade Papillary Adenocarcinoma
Papillary Cystadenocarcinoma2 sub
Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma4 sub

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Data not yet available

No anatomical site linked yet.

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00003605
Entity type: Histology
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)

Serous Surface Papillary Carcinoma

2 sub

Thymus Low Grade Papillary Adenocarcinoma

Thyroid Gland Papillary Carcinoma18 sub

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

200 / 48

Publications (all / 5y)

13,800 / 4,139

Evidence items

23

Genes / variants

206 / 12

Drugs (any / approved)

6 / 0

Genomic cohorts

9

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (4)

Adenocarcinoma, Papillarymesh_heading · MeSH
ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY, MALIGNANTsynonym · NCIt
Adenocarcinomas, Papillarysynonym · MeSH
Papillary Adenocarcinomasynonym · CIViC

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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 trials48countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #294 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials19countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #330 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items23countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #137 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months661countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #123 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts9countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #108 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

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