Adenoid cystic carcinoma: Salivary gland type malignant neoplasm arising from bronchial seromucinous glands. Composed of epithelial and myoepithelial cells in cribriform, tubular and solid growth patterns. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Adenoid cystic carcinoma is available below.
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Prognosis for Adenoid cystic carcinoma: Disease stage at the time of diagnosis may play an important role in predicting the clinical outcome of patients with these tumors. Despite their generally slow and indolent growth in other locations, ACC arising in the lung may in certain cases be more aggressive.
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Adenoid cystic carcinoma is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Adenoid cystic carcinoma, or a subtype of Adenoid cystic carcinoma,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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