Concept: cancer in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/1130
Preferred label cancer
Definition Any malignant cellular tumour including carcinoma and sarcoma. It encompasses a group of neoplastic diseases in which there is a transformation of normal body cells into malignant ones, probably involving some change in the genetic material of the cells, possibly as a result of faulty repair of damage to the cell caused by carcinogenic agents or ionizing radiation.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Has broader
Is related to
Has exact match
Has close match
Source