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Papillary Carcinoma · CancerIndex

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

Histology

Papillary Carcinoma

CI-CAN-00001367Explore in graph →

51 active trials23 evidence items

NCIt: C2927
MeSH: D002291

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics9
Variants & evidence23
Drugs6
Trials206
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 malignant epithelial neoplasm characterized by a papillary growth pattern. A papillary carcinoma may be composed of glandular cells (papillary adenocarcinoma), squamous cells (papillary squamous cell carcinoma), or transitional cells (papillary transitional cell carcinoma). Bladder carcinoma is a representative example of papillary transitional cell carcinoma.

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

CarcinomaCancer Family
Papillary Epithelial NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (4)

ncit

Papillary Adenocarcinoma11 sub
Papillary Carcinoma In Situ2 sub
Papillary Squamous Cell Carcinoma9 sub
Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma3 sub

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

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Data not yet available

No anatomical site linked yet.

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00001367
Entity type: Histology
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)

206 / 51

Publications (all / 5y)

21,156 / 2,149

Evidence items

23

Genes / variants

206 / 12

Drugs (any / approved)

6 / 0

Genomic cohorts

9

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 4 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (1)

Carcinoma, Papillarymesh_heading · MeSH

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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 trials51countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #286 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials20countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #327 of 1,284 (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 months269countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #207 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 4 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants