Carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm arising from epithelial cells, the tissues that line the surfaces, glands, and ducts of the body, and it constitutes the most common category of human cancer. Carcinomas are subclassified histologically according to their cell of origin and differentiation, with major types includin…
Carcinoma is a malignant neoplasm arising from epithelial cells, the tissues that line the surfaces, glands, and ducts of the body, and it constitutes the most common category of human cancer. Carcinomas are subclassified histologically according to their cell of origin and differentiation, with major types including adenocarcinoma derived from glandular epithelium, squamous cell carcinoma from stratified squamous epithelium, basal cell carcinoma of the skin, and small cell carcinoma, an aggressive neuroendocrine form. They occur across many organ sites, among them the lung, breast, prostate, stomach, liver, nasopharynx, oral cavity, conjunctiva, and skin. Carcinogenesis involves accumulated genetic and epigenetic alterations, and certain carcinomas have well-established viral aetiologies, such as the association of Epstein-Barr virus with gastric and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Diagnosis and prognosis rely on histopathological grading, assessment of features such as mitotic activity, and increasingly on molecular and microRNA-based biomarker characterization. The journal publishes peer-reviewed research relevant to this area, with work spanning microRNA profiling of thyroid carcinoma, breast carcinoma biology and dietary influences, mitotic counting in invasive breast carcinoma, Epstein-Barr virus in gastric carcinoma and adenosquamous gastric carcinoma, small cell carcinoma of the prostate, conjunctival squamous cell carcinoma in the setting of HIV, basal cell carcinoma treatment, hepatocellular carcinoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, and oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma, reflecting diverse epithelial histologies, organ sites, viral carcinogenesis, and biomarker themes.
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