Adenoid cystic carcinoma
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Overview
| Adenoid cystic carcinoma Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-O: | M8200/3 } |
|---|---|
Adenoid cystic cancer (AdCC) is a very rare type of cancer that can exist in many different body sites. It most often occurs in the areas of the head and neck, in particular the salivary glands; but has also been reported in the breast, lacrimal gland of the eye, lung, brain, bartholin gland, and the trachea. It is sometimes referred to as adenocyst, malignant cylindroma, adenocystic, adenoidcystic, ACC, AdCC.
Treatment
Primary treatment for this cancer, regardless of body site, is surgical removal with clean margins. This can be challenging in the head and neck region due to this tumour's tendency spread along nerve tracts. Adjuvant or palliative radiotherapy is commonly given following surgery. Chemotherapy is used for metastatic disease. Chemotherapy is considered on a case by case basis, as there is little data on the positive effects of chemotherapy. Clinical studies are ongoing, however.
Recently, one of the women with a patient journal was treated with Radiofrequency ablation for metastatic tumors in the lung. Radio frequency ablation is a relatively new technique in the treatment of cancers, generally soft-tissue areas such as the liver and lungs, especially ones that make normal surgery not an option. In this patient's case, she had 6 small (largest had grown to 2 cm when she went in for surgery) metastatic tumors in both of her lungs. Since surgical removal of both lungs is (obviously) not an option, pinpoint targeting of tumors with a microwave to "cook" the cancerous tumor was a much better option. As far as her doctor could tell, this is the first attempt at using this procedure on AdCC. There has also been some work in the lungs, albeit with other forms of cancer, with cryo-ablation which freezes rather than cooks the tumor.
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External links
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Information, patient support group, doctors' forum, treatment, research
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Information
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Support
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Patient Stories
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Patient Database
- Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Personal Journal from Diagnosis to Surgery
- Additional Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Patient Journal
- Additional Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Patient Journal
Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
