muscle cancer
MONDO:0005864Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names muscle cancer yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A malignant neoplasm affecting the skeletal or smooth muscles. Malignant neoplasms arising from the skeletal muscles are called rhabdomyosarcomas. Malignant neoplasms arising from the smooth muscles are called leiomyosarcomas.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005864), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (3)
Other names
13 names
Resolves to: muscle cancer
- Also called
- cancer of muscle structuremalignant muscle neoplasmmalignant muscle structure neoplasmmalignant muscle tumormalignant muscle tumourmalignant neoplasm of musclemalignant neoplasm of muscle structuremalignant neoplasm of the musclemalignant tumor of musclemalignant tumor of the musclemalignant tumour of musclemalignant tumour of the musclemuscle structure cancer