Growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma

Summary

Growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma (MONDO:0003828) is a cancer. A subtype of head and neck carcinoma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Classification: Cancer

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma
Mondo ID	MONDO:0003828
DOID	DOID:6256
NCIT	C5963
UMLS	C1334587
MedGen	277331
GARD	0023687
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0000007
Is cancer (heuristic)	yes

Also known as: Growth hormone producing pituitary gland carcinoma · Growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma · malignant Growth hormone producing neoplasm of pituitary · malignant Growth hormone producing neoplasm of pituitary gland · malignant Growth hormone producing neoplasm of the pituitary · malignant Growth hormone producing neoplasm of the pituitary gland · malignant Growth hormone producing pituitary gland neoplasm · malignant Growth hormone producing pituitary gland tumor · malignant Growth hormone producing pituitary gland tumour · malignant Growth hormone producing pituitary neoplasm · malignant Growth hormone producing pituitary tumor · malignant Growth hormone producing pituitary tumour · malignant Growth hormone producing tumor · malignant Growth hormone producing tumor of pituitary · malignant Growth hormone producing tumor of pituitary gland · malignant Growth hormone producing tumor of the pituitary · malignant Growth hormone producing tumor of the pituitary gland · malignant Growth hormone producing tumour · malignant Growth hormone producing tumour of pituitary · malignant Growth hormone producing tumour of pituitary gland (+31 more)

Disease family

This is a subtype of head and neck carcinoma. Genetic, therapeutic, and trial evidence is largely curated at the broader-term level — see the parent page for the associated-gene cohort and molecular evidence.

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by etiologic mechanism › cancer or benign tumor › neoplastic disease or syndrome › neoplasm › cancer › carcinoma › head and neck carcinoma › growth hormone-producing pituitary gland carcinoma

Related subtypes (15): eye carcinoma, external ear carcinoma, middle ear carcinoma, nasal cavity carcinoma, hypopharyngeal carcinoma, ameloblastic carcinoma, laryngeal small cell carcinoma, pharyngeal adenoid cystic carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, pituitary adenocarcinoma, carcinoma of floor of mouth, lip and oral cavity carcinoma, oropharyngeal carcinoma, nasal cavity and paranasal sinus carcinoma

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

No tiered GWAS variants or ClinVar records for this disease.

Genes & proteins

No associated-gene cohort resolved for this disease. Atlas builds the molecular and therapeutic sections — associated genes, protein families, druggability, pathways, interactions, and drug associations — by aggregating over a disease’s associated genes (resolved via GWAS / GenCC / ClinVar / CIViC), and none resolved here. This is expected for antibody-mediated, autoimmune, or otherwise non-gene-defined conditions; the curated evidence for this disease is its clinical features, GWAS susceptibility, and clinical trials (above).

Function

No pathway enrichment — requires an associated-gene cohort.

Therapeutics

No druggable-target or therapeutic data for this disease’s cohort.

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.