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Thyroid Gland Oncocytic Follicular Carcinoma

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Overview

NCI Definition: A follicular carcinoma of the thyroid gland, characterized by the presence of large cells with eosinophilic granular cytoplasm and pleomorphic nuclei with prominent, eosinophilic nucleoli. The nuclear features that characterize the papillary carcinomas of the thyroid gland are absent. [1]

Clinical Trials

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Disease Details

Synonyms
Hurthle Cell Carcinoma of Thyroid, Oncocytic Carcinoma of the Thyroid, Hurthle Cell Carcinoma of Thyroid Gland, Thyroid Oncocytic Carcinoma, Hurthle Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid, Hurthle Cell Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland, Oncocytic Carcinoma of Thyroid, Thyroid Hurthle Cell Carcinoma, Thyroid follicular oncocytic carcinoma, Thyroid Gland Hurthle Cell Carcinoma, Hurthle Cell Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
Parent(s)
Thyroid Gland Follicular Carcinoma
OncoTree Name
Hurthle Cell Thyroid Cancer
OncoTree Code
THHC

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.