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Oral Cavity Carcinoma

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Associated Genetic Biomarkers

Overview

NCI Definition: A carcinoma arising in the oral cavity. Most oral cavity carcinomas are squamous cell carcinomas of the tongue, buccal mucosa, or gums. Less frequent morphologic variants include mucoepidermoid carcinoma and adenocarcinoma. [1]

Clinical Trials

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Significant Genes in Oral Cavity Carcinoma

CCND1 +

EGFR +

ERBB2 +

Disease Details

Synonyms
Oral Cavity Cancer, Carcinoma of Mouth, Mouth Cancer, Mouth Carcinoma, oral cavity cancer, Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity, Carcinoma of Oral Cavity
Parent(s)
Malignant Oral Cavity Neoplasm
Children
Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.