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nasopharyngeal cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005679

Cancer that forms in tissues of the nasopharynx (upper part of the throat behind the nose). Most nasopharyngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in flat cells lining the nasopharynx).

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005679
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005679",
  "term": "nasopharyngeal cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that forms in tissues of the nasopharynx (upper part of the throat behind the nose). Most nasopharyngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinomas (cancer that begins in flat cells lining the nasopharynx).",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/nasopharyngeal-cancer/"
}

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