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MeSH Heading: Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck
Tree Number(s): C04.557.470.200.400.565; C04.588.443.177
Unique ID: D000077195
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000077195
Annotation: coordinate with HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS
Scope Note: The most common type of head and neck carcinoma that originates from cells on the surface of the NASAL CAVITY; MOUTH; PARANASAL SINUSES, SALIVARY GLANDS, and LARYNX. Mutations in TNFRSF10B, PTEN, and ING1 genes are associated with this cancer.
Entry Term(s): Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of Head and Neck; HNSCC; Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas; Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Hypopharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas; Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Larynx; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Mouth; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Nasal Cavity; Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head And Neck
NLM Classification #: WE 707
Public MeSH Note: 2019; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL OF HEAD AND NECK was indexed under CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL and HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS 2009-2018
History Note: 2019 (2009)
Date Established: 2019/01/01
Date of Entry: 2018/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/03/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

blood supply (BS)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

secondary (SC)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0530036
Scope Note: The most common type of head and neck carcinoma that originates from cells on the surface of the NASAL CAVITY; MOUTH; PARANASAL SINUSES, SALIVARY GLANDS, and LARYNX. Mutations in TNFRSF10B, PTEN, and ING1 genes are associated with this cancer.
Terms: Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck Preferred Term
Term UI T000939018
Date01/12/2018
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); HNSCC
Term UI T000999114
Date11/22/2019
LexicalTag ABB
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Head And Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas
Term UI T000999115
Date11/22/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Carcinoma, Squamous Cell of Head and Neck
Term UI T000937428
Date12/08/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck
Term UI T000937429
Date12/08/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID ORD (2010); Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Term UI T000938314
Date12/27/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Head And Neck
Term UI T802353
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

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