Overview

NCI Definition: A malignant tumor composed of a mixture of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements. [1]

Disease Details

Synonyms
CARCINOSARCOMA, MALIGNANT
Parent(s)
Malignant Mixed Neoplasm
Children
Carcinosarcoma of Unknown Primary, Adenosarcoma, Salivary Gland Carcinosarcoma, Lung Carcinosarcoma, Malignant Mixed Mesodermal (Mullerian) Tumor, Adenocarcinofibroma, and Cervical Carcinosarcoma

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.