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Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Cancer Family

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

CI-CAN-00000330PNETExplore in graph →

146 active trials6 approved drugs28 evidence items

NCIt: C3716
OncoTree: PNET
UMLS CUI: C0206663
MeSH: D017599
MeSH: D018242

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics7
Variants & evidence28
Drugs13
Trials673
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
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 malignant neoplasm that originates in the neuroectoderm. The neuroectoderm constitutes the portion of the ectoderm of the early embryo that gives rise to the central and peripheral nervous systems and includes some glial cell precursors.

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

Embryonal NeoplasmCancer Family
Malignant NeoplasmCancer Family

oncotree

Embryonal NeoplasmCancer Family

Children (3)

ncit

Childhood Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor1 sub
Neuroblastic Tumor3 sub
Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor4 sub

51 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-00000330
Entity type: Cancer Family
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 3
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

673 / 146

Publications (all / 5y)

372,925 / 66,748

Evidence items

28

Genes / variants

7 / 12

Drugs (any / approved)

13 / 6

Genomic cohorts

7

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 44 minutes agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (11)

Neuroectodermal Tumorsmesh_heading · MeSH
Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitivemesh_heading · MeSH
Neoplasm, Primitive Neuroepithelialsynonym · MeSH
Neuroectodermal Neoplasmsynonym · NCIt
Neuroectodermal Tumorsynonym · NCIt
Neuroepithelial Tumor, Primitivesynonym · MeSH
Neuroepitheliomasynonym · NCIt
PNETssynonym · MeSH
Primitive Neuroectodermal Neoplasmsynonym · NCIt
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumorsynonym · OncoTree
Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor (PNET)synonym · NCIt

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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 trials146countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #161 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials80countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #154 of 1,284 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items28countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #111 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months10,757countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #15 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts7countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #124 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 44 minutes agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: none · counters aggregate over descendants