title: [Salivary gland tumors--tumor typing and grading].
abstract: In addition to staging, histological typing and grading provide important information for prognosis and adequate treatment of salivary gland cancers. Current classification and grading systems for mucoepidermoid carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, and malignant mixed tumor (carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Oralpathologie, Zentrum klinisch-theoretische Medizin I, Universitätsklinikum Eppendorf, Hamburg. loening@uke.uni-hamburg.de
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authors.lastname: Löning
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Jäkel
mesh_terms: D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*