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Tongue cancer

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-008757

Cancer that begins in the tongue. When the cancer begins in the front two-thirds of the tongue, it is considered to be a type of oral cavity cancer; when the cancer begins in the back third of the tongue, it is considered to be a type of oropharyngeal or throat cancer.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-008757
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008757",
  "term": "Tongue cancer",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Cancer that begins in the tongue. When the cancer begins in the front two-thirds of the tongue, it is considered to be a type of oral cavity cancer; when the cancer begins in the back third of the tongue, it is considered to be a type of oropharyngeal or throat cancer.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/tongue-cancer/"
}

Record 16,479 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.