Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Therapeutic area
Oncology
Rare disease
Yes
- Definition
- A carcinoma arising from the nasopharyngeal epithelium. It includes the following types: keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, nonkeratinizing carcinoma (differentiated and undifferentiated), basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, and papillary adenocarcinoma.
- Genetic basis
- No
- Non-human condition
- No
- Rare disease
- Yes
- Listing at source
- Listed
- Condition name
- Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- Therapeutic area
- Oncology
- nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- cancer of nasopharynx
- cancer of the nasopharynx
- malignant nasopharyngeal tumor
- malignant nasopharyngeal tumour
- malignant neoplasm of anterior wall of nasopharynx
- malignant neoplasm of lateral wall of nasopharynx
- malignant neoplasm of nasopharyngeal wall
- malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx
- malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx (disorder) [ambiguous]
- malignant neoplasm of other specified sites of nasopharynx
- malignant neoplasm of posterior wall of nasopharynx
- malignant neoplasm of roof of nasopharynx
- malignant neoplasm of superior wall of nasopharynx
- malignant tumor of anterior wall of nasopharynx
- malignant tumor of lateral wall of nasopharynx
- malignant tumor of posterior wall of nasopharynx
- malignant tumour of anterior wall of nasopharynx
- malignant tumour of lateral wall of nasopharynx
- malignant tumour of posterior wall of nasopharynx
- nasopharyngeal cancer
- nasopharyngeal throat cancer
- primary malignant neoplasm of anterior wall of nasopharynx
- NPC
- carcinoma of nasopharynx
And 4 more, listed on the interactive page.
- Disease mechanisms
- Acquired
- Severity
- Severe
- Gastroenterology
- Oncology
- Pulmonology
- MONDO ID
- MONDO:0015459
- Parent condition
- MONDO:0002038
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Broader conditions (37)
- Cancer
- Cancer or benign tumor
- Carcinoma
- Carcinoma of pharynx
- Digestive system cancer
- Digestive system carcinoma
- Digestive system disorder
- Digestive system neoplasm
- Disease
- Disease by body system or component
- Disease by etiologic mechanism
- Disease of primarily extrinsic mechanism
- Disorder of pharynx
- Epithelial neoplasm
- Epstein-Barr virus-associated carcinoma
- Epstein-Barr virus-related tumor
- Head and neck cancer
- Head and neck carcinoma
- Head and neck neoplasm
- Human disease
Narrower conditions (2)
- Carcinoma in situ of nasopharynx
- Undifferentiated carcinoma of nasopharynx
Trials (747)
- "Xijiang Project" Screening Cohort for NPC
- [212Pb]VMT-Alpha-NET in Metastatic or Inoperable Somatostatin-Receptor Positive Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors, Pheochromocytoma/Paragangliomas, Small Cell Lung, Renal Cell, and Head and Neck Cancers
- 18F-FDG PET/CT Guided Reduced-dose Radiotherapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- 18F-FMISO PET Guided Dose Escalation in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - a Feasibility and Planning Study
- 3DV+TPS Software Outlines the Radiotherapy of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- 40.2Gy Versus 49.2Gy Radiotherapy in Low-Risk Target Volume for Chemosensitive Stage II Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- 7-Hydroxystaurosporine and Irinotecan Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Metastatic or Unresectable Solid Tumors or Triple Negative Breast Cancer (Currently Accruing Only Triple-negative Breast Cancer Patients Since 6/8/2007)
- 89Zr-girentuximab for PET Imaging of CAIX Positive Solid Tumors
- A Bidirectional Study in Exploring the Dynamic Changes of Plasma and Urine Metabolites of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.
- A Clinical Study of Anti-CD70 UCAR-T in Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors
- A Clinical Study of Hetrombopag for Prevention of Thrombocytopenia Induced by Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin in the Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- A Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of JS001sc in Advanced Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
- A Clinical Trial of Chemotherapy With Lobaplatin and 5-FU in Recurrent Local or Distant Advanced NPC.
- A Clinical Trial to Evaluate Effect of IAE0972 Combined with Chemotherapy for R/M HNSCC or NPC(Note: It is Currently Phase II.).
- A Deep Learning Model for Diagnosing Lymph Node Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma(NPC)
- A Lithium-containing Mouthwash Prevention and Treatment of Oral Mucositis and Dysgeusia in Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy
- A Mucosal Contouring Method Based on Swallowing-induced Breakthrough Pain for Radiation-induced Oropharyngeal Mucositis
- A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Phase II/III Clinical Trial of AK104 or Placebo in Combination With Chemotherapy as Second-line or More Lines for Recurrent or Metastatic Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC)
- A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Phase III Clinical Trial of Leucogen Versus Placebo on Leukocyte and Platelet Whole-course Management Assisted by PFLL Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Stage IV, Recurrent or Metastatic NPC
- A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Clinical Study on the Treatment of T3N1M0 High Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma With or Without Induction Chemotherapy Before Concurrent Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy
Approved drugs (1)
Drugs in development (73)
- Adebrelimab Phase 2
- Aspirin Phase 2
- Atorvastatin Phase 2
- Benmelstobart Phase 2
- Bevacizumab Phase 2
- Bortezomib D-mannitol Phase 2
- Cabozantinib S-malate Phase 2
- Cadonilimab Phase 3
- Camrelizumab Phase 3
- Capecitabine Phase 3
- Carboplatin Phase 3
- Catequentinib Phase 2
- Catequentinib hydrochloride Phase 2
- Celecoxib Phase 3
- Cetuximab Phase 3
- Cisplatin Phase 3
- CM-4307 Phase 1
- Cyclophosphamide Early phase 1
- Dalpiciclib Phase 2
- Dexamethasone Phase 2
Other linked drugs (9)
- APG-1387
- Decitabine
- Erlotinib hydrochloride
- Lotilaner
- MK-2206
- Oxycodone
- Pevonedistat
- Seliciclib
- Tocilizumab