Classification (List in www.humpath.com)
epithelial tumors
- benign epithelial tumors
- malignant epithelial tumors (Carcinomas)
mesenchymal tumors
- benign mesenchymal tumors
- malignant mesenchymal tumors (Sarcomas)
blastemal tumors (embryonic tumors or Blastomas)
melanocytic tumors
germinal tumors
cerebral tumors
hematopietic and lymphoid tumors
- leukemias
- lymphoid neoplasms (Lymphomas)
According to tumoral architecture
lobular tumors (lobular pattern)
trabecular tumors (trabecular pattern)
According to cytological appearance
fusiform cell tumors
round cell tumors
- small round cell tumors
- large round cell tumors
clear cell tumors
Localization
cutaneous tumors
digestive tumors
renal tumors
salivary gland tumors
soft tissue tumors
osseous tumors
nervous tumors
placental tumors
Features
tumoral vascularization (tumors vascularization)
tumoral phenotype
fetal tumors and neonatal tumors
tissular specificity of tumors
tumoral cells
tumoral stroma
Miscellaneous
Items
synopsis
immunochemistry
cytogenetics
molecular biology
- fusion proteins
- allelotype (LOH loci)
- inactivated genes
- activated genes
- underexpressed genes
- overexpressed genes
References
Albertson DG, Collins C, McCormick F, Gray JW. Chromosome aberrations in solid tumors. Nat Genet. 2003 Aug;34(4):369-76. PMID: 12923544
Mitelman F, Johansson B, Mertens F. Fusion genes and rearranged genes as a linear function of chromosome aberrations in cancer. Nat Genet. 2004 Apr;36(4):331-4. PMID: 15054488