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pharyngectomy

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-006588

Surgery to remove all or part of the pharynx (throat). The pharynx is the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). A pharyngectomy may be done to treat certain types of throat cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-006588
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006588",
  "term": "pharyngectomy",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Surgery to remove all or part of the pharynx (throat). The pharynx is the hollow tube inside the neck that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe) and esophagus (the tube that goes to the stomach). A pharyngectomy may be done to treat certain types of throat cancer.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pharyngectomy/"
}

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