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lung adenocarcinoma

A carcinoma that arises from the lung and is characterized by the presence of malignant glandular epithelial cells. There is a male predilection with a male to female ratio of 2:1. Usually lung adenocarcinoma is asymptomatic and is identified through screening studies or as an incidental radiologic finding. If clinical symptoms are present they include shortness of breath, cough, hemoptysis, chest...

MONDO0005061DOID3910EFO0000571UMLSC0152013MeSHC538231
Also known as:adenocarcinoma of lung, adenocarcinoma of the lung, bronchogenic lung adenocarcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma +1 more

Ontology

16 subtypes
lung adenocarcinoma
lung adenocarcinoma in situ1
bronchus mucoepidermoid carcinoma
lung combined type small cell adenocarcinoma3
mixed mucinous and nonmucinous bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma
mucinous bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma
nonmucinous bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma
lung adenoid cystic carcinoma
acinar lung adenocarcinoma
lung occult adenocarcinoma
minimally invasive lung adenocarcinoma1
pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma
papillary lung adenocarcinoma
lung signet ring cell carcinoma
well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung
lung colloid adenocarcinoma
solid adenocarcinoma with mucin production

Key Facts

Clinical genes
8
Associated genes
130
Polygenic risk scores
3 (best AUROC: 0.743)

Relationships

Scores are summed across disease subtypes (may exceed 1.0)
No data available for this relationship type.