lung adenocarcinoma
MONDO:0005061Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names lung adenocarcinoma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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 pain, and fever. Tobacco smoke is a known risk factor.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005061), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (11)
- acinar lung adenocarcinoma
- lung adenocarcinoma in situ
- lung adenoid cystic carcinoma
- lung colloid adenocarcinoma
- lung combined type small cell adenocarcinoma
- lung occult adenocarcinoma
- lung signet ring cell carcinoma
- minimally invasive lung adenocarcinoma
- papillary lung adenocarcinoma
- solid adenocarcinoma with mucin production
- well-differentiated fetal adenocarcinoma of the lung
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: lung adenocarcinoma
- Also called
- adenocarcinoma of lungadenocarcinoma of the lungnon-small cell lung adenocarcinoma