adenocarcinoma

Examples of adenocarcinoma in the following topics:

• Pancreatic Cancer

  • Pancreatic cancer is the uncontrolled growth of malignant cells in tissues forming the pancreas.The most common type is adenocarcinoma.
  • The most common type, accounting for 95% of these tumors, is adenocarcinoma, which arises from the exocrine, or digestive, component of the pancreas .
  • This micrograph shows the poorly differentiated glandular structures characteristic of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer.

• Lung Cancer

  • There are three main sub-types: squamous cell lung carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and large cell lung carcinoma.
  • Adenocarcinoma accounts for 40% of non-small cell lung cancers.
  • Most cases of adenocarcinoma are associated with smoking.
  • Mutations in the K-ras proto-oncogene are responsible for 10–30% of lung adenocarcinomas.

• Prostate Disorders

  • High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia, abbreviated HGPIN, is an abnormality of prostatic glands and believed to precede the development of prostate adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer).

• Metastasis Through Lymphatic Vessels

  • Micrograph of a colorectal adenocarcinoma metastasis to a lymph node, also lymph node metastasis.

• Cervical Cancer

  • Adenocarcinoma, arising in glandular epithelial cells is the second most common type.