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Tubular adenocarcinoma

MedGen UID:
61428
•Concept ID:
C0205645
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adenocarcinoma, Tubular; Adenocarcinomas, Tubular; Carcinoma, Tubular; Carcinomas, Tubular; Tubular Adenocarcinoma; Tubular Adenocarcinomas; Tubular Carcinoma; Tubular Carcinomas
SNOMED CT: Tubular adenocarcinoma (4631006); Tubular carcinoma (4631006)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005606

Definition

An infiltrating adenocarcinoma in which the malignant cells form tubular structures. Representative examples include the tubular breast carcinoma and the gastric tubular adenocarcinoma. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Clinicopathological features and lymph node metastasis risk in early gastric cancer with WHO criteria in China: 304 cases analysis.
Yang Q, Feng S, Liu H, Zhang X, Cao J, Zhu Y, Zheng H, Song H
Ann Diagn Pathol 2021 Feb;50:151652. Epub 2020 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2020.151652. PMID: 33157382
Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Task Force for Research Promotion: clinical utility of ¹⁸F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in gastric cancer. A systematic review of the literature.
Shimada H, Okazumi S, Koyama M, Murakami K
Gastric Cancer 2011 Mar;14(1):13-21. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s10120-011-0017-5. PMID: 21331531
Effects of surgical treatment and adjuvant chemotherapy studied by the depth of penetration in gastric cancer patients undergoing curative gastrectomy.
Yasuna O, Hatayama Y, Yamaura Y, Ogiwara M, Koike H, Nakamura K, Kusano M
Surgery 1984 Jan;95(1):78-84. PMID: 6691187

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinicopathological features and CT findings of papillary gastric adenocarcinoma.
Xu M, Liu S, Qiao X, Li L, Ji C, Zhou Z
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2022 Nov;47(11):3698-3711. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.1007/s00261-022-03635-w. PMID: 35972549
Cholangiocarcinoma with intraductal tubular growth pattern versus intraductal papillary growth pattern.
Tsukahara T, Shimoyama Y, Ebata T, Yokoyama Y, Igami T, Sugawara G, Mizuno T, Yamaguchi J, Nakamura S, Nagino M
Mod Pathol 2016 Mar;29(3):293-301. Epub 2016 Jan 15 doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2015.152. PMID: 26769137
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the spectrum and outcomes of different histologic subtypes of noninvasive and invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
Koh YX, Zheng HL, Chok AY, Tan CS, Wyone W, Lim TK, Tan DM, Goh BK
Surgery 2015 Mar;157(3):496-509. Epub 2015 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.098. PMID: 25656693
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
Shi C, Hruban RH
Hum Pathol 2012 Jan;43(1):1-16. Epub 2011 Jul 20 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.04.003. PMID: 21777948
Breast cancer.
Berg JW, Hutter RV
Cancer 1995 Jan 1;75(1 Suppl):257-69. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950101)75:1+<257::aid-cncr2820751311>3.0.co;2-y. PMID: 8001000

Diagnosis

Clinicopathological features and CT findings of papillary gastric adenocarcinoma.
Xu M, Liu S, Qiao X, Li L, Ji C, Zhou Z
Abdom Radiol (NY) 2022 Nov;47(11):3698-3711. Epub 2022 Aug 16 doi: 10.1007/s00261-022-03635-w. PMID: 35972549
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma.
Dhillon J, Betancourt M
Monogr Clin Cytol 2020;26:74-91. Epub 2020 Sep 28 doi: 10.1159/000455736. PMID: 32987385
Gastric adenocarcinoma of fundic gland type with signet-ring cell carcinoma component: A case report and review of the literature.
Kai K, Satake M, Tokunaga O
World J Gastroenterol 2018 Jul 14;24(26):2915-2920. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i26.2915. PMID: 30018486Free PMC Article
Clinicopathological and molecular stability and methylation analyses of gastric papillary adenocarcinoma.
Uesugi N, Sugai T, Sugimoto R, Eizuka M, Fujita Y, Sato A, Osakabe M, Ishida K, Koeda K, Sasaki A, Matsumoto T
Pathology 2017 Oct;49(6):596-603. Epub 2017 Aug 19 doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2017.07.004. PMID: 28830689
Histopathological diagnosis of adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus.
Takubo K, Vieth M, Aida J, Matsutani T, Hagiwara N, Iwakiri K, Kumagai Y, Hongo M, Hoshihara Y, Arai T
Dig Endosc 2014 May;26(3):322-30. Epub 2013 Aug 25 doi: 10.1111/den.12160. PMID: 23981237

Therapy

Endoscopic, clinicopathological, and growth characteristics of minute gastric cancer.
Liu ZH, Lu SY, Li XB, Chen HM, Chen HY, Chen XY, Fang JY, Cui Y
J Dig Dis 2022 Nov;23(11):628-635. Epub 2022 Nov 25 doi: 10.1111/1751-2980.13139. PMID: 36251460
Brain metastasis from gallbladder neuroendocrine carcinoma.
Sasaki H, Goto T, Hirao M, Fujimoto Y
BMJ Case Rep 2020 Nov 30;13(11) doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-238114. PMID: 33257386Free PMC Article
A Retrospective Analysis for Patients with HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer Who Were Treated with Trastuzumab-Based Chemotherapy: In the Perspectives of Ethnicity and Histology.
Yi JH, Kang JH, Hwang IG, Ahn HK, Baek HJ, Lee SI, Lim DH, Won YW, Ji JH, Kim HS, Rha SY, Oh SY, Lee KE, Lim T, Maeng CH, Kim MJ, Kim ST, Lee J, Park JO, Park YS, Lim HY, Kang WK, Park SH
Cancer Res Treat 2016 Apr;48(2):553-60. Epub 2015 Aug 10 doi: 10.4143/crt.2015.155. PMID: 26323641Free PMC Article
Resection of a Submucosal Tumor-Like Superficial Carcinoma in Middle Thoracic Esophagus Concomitant with Mucosal Adenocarcinoma and Submucosal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Case Report and Review of Literature.
Yamamoto S, Kumaki N, Makuuchi H, Ozawa S, Shimada H, Chino O, Kazuno A, Yasuda S, Tamayama T, Sakai I
Tokai J Exp Clin Med 2015 Sep 20;40(3):96-103. PMID: 26369262
Radiation therapy for advanced gastric cancer.
Tsukiyama I, Akine Y, Kajiura Y, Ogino T, Yamashita K, Egawa S, Hijikata J, Kitagawa T
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1988 Jul;15(1):123-7. doi: 10.1016/0360-3016(88)90355-0. PMID: 2839438

Prognosis

Both the serum AFP test and AFP/GPC3/SALL4 immunohistochemistry are beneficial for predicting the prognosis of gastric adenocarcinoma.
Wang B, Xie Y, Zheng L, Zheng X, Gao J, Liu X, Yuan Y, Li Z, Lu N, Xue L
BMC Gastroenterol 2021 Oct 27;21(1):408. doi: 10.1186/s12876-021-01986-0. PMID: 34706681Free PMC Article
Colonic clear cell adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation.
Shiratori Y, Suzuki K, Ikeya T
Clin J Gastroenterol 2020 Dec;13(6):1196-1199. Epub 2020 Aug 17 doi: 10.1007/s12328-020-01209-1. PMID: 32803644
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the spectrum and outcomes of different histologic subtypes of noninvasive and invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
Koh YX, Zheng HL, Chok AY, Tan CS, Wyone W, Lim TK, Tan DM, Goh BK
Surgery 2015 Mar;157(3):496-509. Epub 2015 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.098. PMID: 25656693
Breast cancer.
Berg JW, Hutter RV
Cancer 1995 Jan 1;75(1 Suppl):257-69. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950101)75:1+<257::aid-cncr2820751311>3.0.co;2-y. PMID: 8001000
Small adenocarcinoma of the lung. Histologic characteristics and prognosis.
Noguchi M, Morikawa A, Kawasaki M, Matsuno Y, Yamada T, Hirohashi S, Kondo H, Shimosato Y
Cancer 1995 Jun 15;75(12):2844-52. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(19950615)75:12<2844::aid-cncr2820751209>3.0.co;2-#. PMID: 7773933

Clinical prediction guides

Combined tubular adenocarcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma and adenocarcinoma with enteroblastic differentiation arising in Barrett esophagus.
Sugawara K, Fukuda T, Kishimoto Y, Oka D, Kawashima Y, Inoshita N, Kanda H
Clin J Gastroenterol 2023 Aug;16(4):501-507. Epub 2023 Apr 7 doi: 10.1007/s12328-023-01791-0. PMID: 37027114Free PMC Article
Application of preoperative CT texture analysis in papillary gastric adenocarcinoma.
Xu M, Qiao X, Li L, Liu S, Zhou Z
BMC Cancer 2022 Nov 10;22(1):1161. doi: 10.1186/s12885-022-10261-8. PMID: 36357844Free PMC Article
Gastric adenocarcinoma of fundic gland type with signet-ring cell carcinoma component: A case report and review of the literature.
Kai K, Satake M, Tokunaga O
World J Gastroenterol 2018 Jul 14;24(26):2915-2920. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v24.i26.2915. PMID: 30018486Free PMC Article
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the spectrum and outcomes of different histologic subtypes of noninvasive and invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
Koh YX, Zheng HL, Chok AY, Tan CS, Wyone W, Lim TK, Tan DM, Goh BK
Surgery 2015 Mar;157(3):496-509. Epub 2015 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.098. PMID: 25656693
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm.
Shi C, Hruban RH
Hum Pathol 2012 Jan;43(1):1-16. Epub 2011 Jul 20 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2011.04.003. PMID: 21777948

Recent systematic reviews

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the spectrum and outcomes of different histologic subtypes of noninvasive and invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.
Koh YX, Zheng HL, Chok AY, Tan CS, Wyone W, Lim TK, Tan DM, Goh BK
Surgery 2015 Mar;157(3):496-509. Epub 2015 Feb 3 doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.098. PMID: 25656693
Japanese Gastric Cancer Association Task Force for Research Promotion: clinical utility of ¹⁸F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in gastric cancer. A systematic review of the literature.
Shimada H, Okazumi S, Koyama M, Murakami K
Gastric Cancer 2011 Mar;14(1):13-21. Epub 2011 Feb 18 doi: 10.1007/s10120-011-0017-5. PMID: 21331531

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