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NCIThesaurus Get Concept

Get detailed information about an NCI Thesaurus concept by its code. Returns the concept name, definition, synonyms, semantic types, and cross-references to other terminologies (SNOMED, MedDRA, CDISC). Useful for understanding standardized cancer terminology and finding related concepts. Example: C3262 (Neoplasm) returns the definition, 17 synonyms, and links to ICD-10, SNOMED-CT.

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Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 91ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "code": {
      "description": "NCI Thesaurus concept code. Examples: 'C3224' (Melanoma), 'C3262' (Neoplasm), 'C17998' (BRCA1), 'C38009' (Apoptosis), 'C1909' (Imatinib).",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "code"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default NCIThesaurus Get Concept call

public-safeinput

{
  "code": ""
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_NCIThesaurus_get_concept
Tool name: NCIThesaurus_get_concept
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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