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A carcinoma is any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells. Carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs and may metastasize, or spread, to lymph nodes and other sites.
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A carcinoma is any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells. Carcinomas invade surrounding tissues and organs and may metastasize, or spread, to lymph nodes and other sites.
Carcinoma in situ (CIS) is a pre-malignant condition, in which some cytological signs of malignancy are present, but there is no histological evidence of invasion through the epithelial basement membrane.
Classification of carcinoma
Carcinoma, like all neoplasia, is classified by its histopathological appearance. Adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, two common descriptive terms for tumors, reflect the fact that these cells may have glandular or squamous cell appearances respectively. Severely anaplastic tumors might be so undifferentiated that they do not have a distinct histological appearance (undifferentiated carcinoma).
Sometimes a tumour is referred to by the presumptive organ of the primary (eg carcinoma of the prostate) or the putative cell of origin (hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma).
Types of carcinoma by ICD-O Code
(8010-8790) Epithelial
- (8010-8040) Epithelial neoplasms, NOS
- (8050-8080) Squamous cell neoplasms
- (ICDO: 3) Squamous cell carcinoma, NOS
- (8090-8110) Basal cell neoplasms
- (ICDO: 3) Basal cell carcinoma, NOS
- (8120-8130) Transitional cell papillomas and carcinomas
- (8140-8380) Adenomas and Adenocarcinomas (glands)
- (ICDO: 0) Adenoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 3) Adenocarcinoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 3) Linitis plastica
- (ICDO: 0) Insulinoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 0) Glucagonoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 1) Gastrinoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 3) Vipoma
- (ICDO: 3) Cholangiocarcinoma
- (ICDO: 3) Hepatocellular carcinoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 3) Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- (ICDO: 1) Carcinoid tumor, NOS, of appendix
- (ICDO: 0) Prolactinoma
- (ICDO: 0) Oncocytoma
- (ICDO: 0) Hurthle cell adenoma
- (ICDO: 3) Renal cell carcinoma
- (ICDO: 3) Grawitz tumor
- (ICDO: 1) Multiple endocrine adenomas
- (ICDO: 0) Endometrioid adenoma, NOS
- (8390-8420) Adnexal and Skin appendage Neoplasms
- (8430-8439) Mucoepidermoid Neoplasms
- (8440-8490) Cystic, Mucinous and Serous Neoplasms
- (ICDO: 0) Cystadenoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 6) Pseudomyxoma peritonei
- (8500-8540) Ductal, Lobular and Medullary Neoplasms
- (8550-8559) Acinar cell neoplasms
- (8560-8580) Complex epithelial neoplasms
- (ICDO: 0) Warthin's tumor
- (ICDO: 0) Thymoma, NOS
- (8590-8670) Specialized gonadal neoplasms
- (ICDO: 1) Sex cord-stromal tumor
- (ICDO: 0) Thecoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 1) Granulosa cell tumor, NOS
- (ICDO: 1) Arrhenoblastoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 0) Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor
- (8680-8710) Paragangliomas and Glomus tumors
- (ICDO: 1) Paraganglioma, NOS
- (ICDO: 0) Pheochromocytoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 0) Glomus tumor
- (8720-8790) Nevi and Melanomas
- (ICDO: 0) Melanocytic nevus
- (ICDO: 3) Malignant melanoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 3) Melanoma, NOS
- (ICDO: 3) Nodular melanoma
- (ICDO: 0) Dysplastic nevus
- (ICDO: 3) Lentigo maligna melanoma
- (ICDO: 3) Superficial spreading melanoma
- (ICDO: 3) Acral lentiginous melanoma, malignant
























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