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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Gallbladder cancer may be classified according to histology findings into various subtypes. | |||
==Classification== | ==Classification== | ||
*The most common type is [[gallbladder adenocarcinoma]] | *The most common type is [[gallbladder adenocarcinoma]] | ||
The histologic types of gallbladder cancer include the following.<ref>Gallbladder. In: American Joint Committee on Cancer.: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2002, pp 139-44.</ref> | The histologic types of gallbladder cancer include the following.<ref>Gallbladder. In: American Joint Committee on Cancer.: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2002, pp 139-44.</ref> | ||
* Carcinoma in situ | |||
* Carcinoma in situ | * Adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified (NOS) | ||
* Adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified (NOS) | * Papillary carcinoma | ||
* Papillary carcinoma | * Adenocarcinoma, intestinal type | ||
* Adenocarcinoma, intestinal type | * Mucinous carcinoma | ||
* Mucinous carcinoma | * Clear cell adenocarcinoma | ||
* Clear cell adenocarcinoma | * Signet-ring cell carcinoma | ||
* Signet-ring cell carcinoma | * Adenosquamous carcinoma | ||
* Adenosquamous carcinoma | * Squamous cell carcinoma | ||
* Squamous cell carcinoma | |||
* Small cell (oat cell) carcinoma.(Grade 4 by definition) | * Small cell (oat cell) carcinoma.(Grade 4 by definition) | ||
* Undifferentiated carcinoma.(Grade 4 by definition) | * Undifferentiated carcinoma.(Grade 4 by definition) | ||
* Carcinoma, NOS | * Carcinoma, NOS | ||
* Carcinosarcoma | * Carcinosarcoma | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Parminder Dhingra, M.D. [2]
Overview
Gallbladder cancer may be classified according to histology findings into various subtypes.
Classification
- The most common type is gallbladder adenocarcinoma
The histologic types of gallbladder cancer include the following.[1]
- Carcinoma in situ
- Adenocarcinoma, not otherwise specified (NOS)
- Papillary carcinoma
- Adenocarcinoma, intestinal type
- Mucinous carcinoma
- Clear cell adenocarcinoma
- Signet-ring cell carcinoma
- Adenosquamous carcinoma
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Small cell (oat cell) carcinoma.(Grade 4 by definition)
- Undifferentiated carcinoma.(Grade 4 by definition)
- Carcinoma, NOS
- Carcinosarcoma
References
- ↑ Gallbladder. In: American Joint Committee on Cancer.: AJCC Cancer Staging Manual. 6th ed. New York, NY: Springer, 2002, pp 139-44.