Terms & Properties

Preferred Name:  Breast Ductal Carcinoma

Definition:  A breast carcinoma arising from the ducts. While ductal carcinomas can arise at other sites, this term is universally used to refer to carcinomas of the breast. Ductal carcinomas account for about two thirds of all breast cancers. Two types of ductal carcinomas have been described: ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive breast carcinoma of no special type. The latter often spreads to the axillary lymph nodes and other anatomic sites. The two forms of ductal carcinoma often coexist.

NCI-GLOSS Definition:  The most common type of breast cancer. It begins in the cells that line the milk ducts in the breast.

Display Name:  Ductal Breast Carcinoma

Label:  Breast Ductal Carcinoma

NCI Thesaurus Code:  C4017 (Search for linked caDSR metadata)   (search value sets)

NCI Metathesaurus Link:  C1527349  (see NCI Metathesaurus info)

Synonyms & Abbreviations: (see Synonym Details)

Breast Ductal Carcinoma

Duct Adenocarcinoma

Duct Carcinoma

Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Ductal adenocarcinoma

Ductal Breast Carcinoma

ductal carcinoma

Ductal Carcinoma

Ductal Carcinoma of Breast

Ductal Carcinoma of the Breast

External Source Codes: 

UMLS CUI

C1527349

Other Properties:

Name	Value (qualifiers indented underneath)
code	C4017
Contributing_Source	Cellosaurus
Contributing_Source	CPTAC
Contributing_Source	CTRP
Contributing_Source	GDC
Legacy Concept Name	Ductal_Breast_Carcinoma
Maps_To	8500/3
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Related To       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: morphology
Maps_To	Duct adenocarcinoma, NOS
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Related To       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: primary_diagnosis
Maps_To	Duct carcinoma, NOS
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Related To       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: primary_diagnosis
Maps_To	Duct cell carcinoma
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Related To       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: primary_diagnosis
Maps_To	Ductal carcinoma, NOS
	Target_Terminology: GDC       Relationship_to_Target: Related To       Target_Term_Type: PT       Target_Code: primary_diagnosis
Neoplastic_Status	Malignant
Semantic_Type	Neoplastic Process

Additional Concept Data: 

Defined Fully by Roles: Yes

URL:https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI_Thesaurus&ns=ncit&code=C4017