carcinomas

Classification

 adenocarcinomas

• salivary carcinomas

 squamous cell carcinomas
 urothelial carcinoma
 endocrine carcinomas
 renal cell carcinomas
 bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
 undifferentiated carcinomas / anaplastic carcinomas

Phenotypes

 adenocarcinomas
 squamous cell carcinoma
 urothelial carcinoma
 small cell carcinomas
 clear cell carcinomas
 marge cell carcinomas
 oncocytic carcinomas
 carcinosarcomas / carcinosarcoma

Localizations

 head and neck carcinomas
 pulmonary carcinomas
 digestive carcinomas
 genital carcinomas
 renal carcinomas
 urinary carcinomas
 thyroid carcinomas
 adrenal carcinomas

Etiology

 inactivation of tumor suppresor genes
 activation of oncogenes
 creation of fusion genes

• translocation t(15;19)(q13;p13.1) creating BRD4/NUT gene in midline aggressive carcinoma (12543779)

See also

 tumoral classification / tumoral types
  sarcomas

References

 Kumar-Sinha C, Tomlins SA, Chinnaiyan AM. Evidence of recurrent gene fusions in common epithelial tumors. Trends Mol Med. 2006 Nov;12(11):529-36. PMID: 17011825