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secondary malignant neoplasm

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A malignant neoplasm that arises from a pre-existing lower grade lesion, or as a result of a primary lesion that has spread to secondary sites, or due to a complication of a cancer treatment. [ NCIT:C4968 ]

Term info

database cross reference
  • ICD9:198.89 (MONDO:relatedTo)
  • NCIT:C4968 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
  • ICD9:199.1 (MONDO:relatedTo)
  • SCTID:128462008 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
comment

Note that we currently treat secondary neoplasms as being neoplastic diseases that are derived from neoplasm; classes such as 'neoplasm', 'carcinoma' are implicitly primary. This may change in future.

definition

A malignant neoplasm that arises from a pre-existing lower grade lesion, or as a result of a primary lesion that has spread to secondary sites, or due to a complication of a cancer treatment.

exactMatch

http://identifiers.org/snomedct/128462008, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C4968

has exact synonym

secondary malignancy, secondary cancer, secondary malignant neoplasm

id

MONDO:0024881

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