Term Name: thymic carcinoma
Synonyms: malignant Thymoma, Thymoma, malignant
Definition: A thymus cancer that derives_from epithelial cells. The tumor cells in a thymic carcinoma look very different from the normal cells of the thymus, grow more quickly, and have usually spread to other parts of the body when the cancer is found.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:3284]   ( DOID:3284 )

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is a type of: carcinoma thymus cancer
has subtype: lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma thymus adenocarcinoma thymus clear cell carcinoma thymus large cell carcinoma thymus sarcomatoid carcinoma thymus small cell carcinoma thymus squamous cell carcinoma