head and neck cancer
MONDO:0005627Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names head and neck cancer yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A primary or metastatic malignant neoplasm affecting the head and neck. Representative examples include oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma, laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma, and salivary gland carcinoma.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005627), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- XRCC1HGNC:12828
- Limited · Ambry Genetics · Autosomal dominant · 2018
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (16)
- angiosarcoma of the scalp
- cheek mucosa cancer
- gingival cancer
- hard palate cancer
- head and neck carcinoma
- lip cancer
- malignant carotid body paraganglioma
- malignant cranial nerve neoplasm
- malignant ear neoplasm
- malignant tumor of floor of mouth
- malignant tumor of neck
- nasal cavity cancer
- ocular cancer
- salivary gland cancer
- skull cancer
- tongue cancer
Other names
16 names
Resolves to: head and neck cancer
- Also called
- cancer of craniocervical regioncancer of head and neckcancer of the head and neckcraniocervical region cancerhead and neck malignant neoplasiamalignant craniocervical region neoplasmmalignant head and neck neoplasmmalignant head and neck tumormalignant head and neck tumourmalignant neoplasm of craniocervical regionmalignant neoplasm of head and neckmalignant neoplasm of the head and neckmalignant tumor of head and neckmalignant tumor of the head and neckmalignant tumour of head and neck