title: Histopathologic grading of salivary gland neoplasms: III. Adenoid cystic carcinomas.
abstract: Histopathologic grading of adenoid cystic carcinomas can provide valuable prognostic information, particularly when the presence or absence of a solid growth architecture is noted. Other growth patterns, exemplified by a tubuloductal or cribriform-cylindromatous differentiation, are associated with a more protracted biologic course and less rapid mortality. A three-tiered grading system based on the three growth patterns of the carcinoma is presented.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Pathology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Batsakis
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: el-Naggar
mesh_terms: D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D015996:Survival Rate