Classification
adenocarcinomas
- salivary carcinomas
squamous cell carcinomas
endocrine carcinomas
renal cell carcinomas
bronchioloalveolar carcinoma
Etiology
inactivation of tumor suppresor genes
activation of oncogenes
creation of fusion genes
- translocation t(15;19)(q13;p13.1) creating BRD4/NUT gene in midline aggressive carcinoma (12543779)
References
Kumar-Sinha C, Tomlins SA, Chinnaiyan AM. Evidence of recurrent gene fusions in common epithelial tumors. Trends Mol Med. 2006 Nov;12(11):529-36. PMID: 17011825