Histologic grades of salivary gland cancers

High-grade

High-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Salivary duct carcinoma

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Carcinoma ex-pleomorphic adenoma

Squamous cell carcinoma

Anaplastic or undifferentiated carcinoma

Malignant mixed carcinoma

Low- to intermediate-grade

Low-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma

Acinic cell carcinoma

Polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA)

Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma

Data from:

Stenner M, Klussmann JP. Current update on established and novel biomarkers in salivary gland carcinoma pathology and the molecular pathways involved. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2009; 266:333.
Terhaard CH. Salivary glands. In: Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology, 5th edition, Halperin EC, Perez CA, Brady LW (Ed), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2004. p.407.

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