Thymus squamous cell carcinoma

Summary

Thymus squamous cell carcinoma (MONDO:0003493) is a cancer. Molecularly, KIT V559G confers sensitivity to Sunitinib in Thymus Squamous Cell Carcinoma (CIViC Level C). A subtype of squamous cell carcinoma — broader associated-gene and molecular evidence is on the parent page (see Disease family below).

At a glance

• Classification: Cancer
• Precision-medicine evidence (CIViC): 1 subtype–drug association

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	thymus squamous cell carcinoma
Mondo ID	MONDO:0003493
EFO	EFO:1000579
DOID	DOID:5530
NCIT	C6455
UMLS	C1336082
MedGen	234814
GARD	0023528
Anatomy (UBERON)	UBERON:0002370
Is cancer (heuristic)	yes

Also known as: epidermoid thymic carcinoma · squamous cell carcinoma of the Thymus · squamous cell carcinoma of Thymus · thymic squamous cell carcinoma · Thymus squamous cell carcinoma · thymus squamous cell carcinoma

Disease family

This is a subtype of squamous cell 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 › epithelial neoplasm › squamous cell neoplasm › squamous cell carcinoma › thymus squamous cell carcinoma

Related subtypes (38): bone squamous cell carcinoma, prostate squamous cell carcinoma, trachea squamous cell carcinoma, scrotum squamous cell carcinoma, skin squamous cell carcinoma, bladder squamous cell carcinoma, urethra squamous cell carcinoma, papillary squamous carcinoma, basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, pseudoglandular squamous cell carcinoma, ovarian squamous cell carcinoma, renal pelvis squamous cell carcinoma, ureter squamous cell carcinoma, fallopian tube squamous cell carcinoma, squamous carcinoma in situ, keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, squamous cell lung carcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, squamous cell breast carcinoma, adenosquamous carcinoma, cervical squamous cell carcinoma, colorectal squamous cell carcinoma, endometrial squamous cell carcinoma, gallbladder squamous cell carcinoma, gastric squamous cell carcinoma, thyroid gland squamous cell carcinoma, vaginal squamous cell carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the corpus uteri, squamous cell carcinoma of penis, squamous cell carcinoma of the small intestine, squamous cell carcinoma of pancreas, squamous cell carcinoma of liver and intrahepatic biliary tract, human papillomavirus-related squamous cell carcinoma, sarcomatoid squamous cell carcinoma, vulvar squamous cell carcinoma, metastatic squamous cell carcinoma, pure squamous carcinoma of the urothelial tract

Subtypes (2): thymic adenosquamous carcinoma, thymic basaloid 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.

Precision-medicine subtype map (CIViC)

Drug × molecular subtype: 1 predictive associations from 1 curated evidence items.

Molecular subtype	Therapy	Effect	Level	CIViC
KIT V559G	Sunitinib	Sensitivity/Response	CIViC C	EID4116