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NCIThesaurus Get Children

Get the direct child concepts of an NCI Thesaurus concept code. Returns the immediate subcategories/subtypes of a concept in the NCI ontology hierarchy. Useful for navigating the cancer terminology hierarchy and finding more specific terms. Example: C3262 (Neoplasm) has children C4741 (Neoplasm by Morphology), C3263 (Neoplasm by Site), C7062 (Neoplasm by Special Category).

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Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "description": "NCI Thesaurus concept code to get children for. Examples: 'C3262' (Neoplasm), 'C3224' (Melanoma), 'C2991' (Disease or Disorder), 'C12219' (Nervous System).",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default NCIThesaurus Get Children call

public-safeinput

{
  "code": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_NCIThesaurus_get_children
Tool name: NCIThesaurus_get_children
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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