Present and future of adrenal cortical carcinoma diagnostics

Autor: A. Cioce, R. Franco
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: World Cancer Research Journal, Vol 10 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2372-3416
71948929
DOI: 10.32113/wcrj_20233_2508
Popis: Adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare aggressive tumor, with an annual incidence of 0.05-0.2/100.000 persons and a bimodal age distribution, with two peaks, in the first and fifth decade of life. The 4th WHO Classification of Tumours of Endocrine organs edited in 2017 recognizes four hystological variants of adult ACC: conventional, oncocytic, myxoid and sarcomatoid, in decreasing order of frequency.
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