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. 2012 May 25;45(3):167–176. doi: 10.1267/ahc.12006

Table 1.

Summary of the pathology profiles of surgical materials

WHO classification Original pathological diagnosis Tissue/Organs
1 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Duodenum
2 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Appendix
3 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Colon
4 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Colon
5 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Colon
6 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Rectum
7 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Rectum
8 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Lung
9 NET G1 carcinoid tumor Lung

10 NET G2 atypical carcinoid tumor Lung
11 NET G2 atypical carcinoid tumor Stomach

12 NEC G3 small cell carcinoma Esophagus
13 NEC G3 small cell carcinoma Esophagus
14 NEC G3 neuroendocrine carcinoma Stomach
15 NEC G3 neuroendocrine carcinoma Vater’s papilla
16 NEC G3 small cell carcinoma Colon
17 NEC G3 small cell carcinoma Lung
18 NEC G3 large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma Lung
19 NEC G3 large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma Lung
20 NEC G3 large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma Lung
21 NEC G3 large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma Lung
22 NEC G3 thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma Thymus
23 NEC G3 small cell carcinoma mediastinum
24 NEC G3 neuroendocrine carcinoma Prostate
25 NEC G3 carcinoma with NE differentiation Prostate (lung meta)
26 NEC G3 non-invasive neuroendocrine carcinoma Breast
27 NEC G3 invasive ductal carcinoma with NE differentiation Breast
28 NEC G3 neuroendocrine carcinoma Breast
29 mixed NEC G3 invasive ductal carcinoma with NE differentiation Breast
30 mixed NEC G3 mucinous carcinoma with NE differentiation Breast
31 NEC G3 carcinoma with NE differentiation Uterine cervix
32 mixed NEC G3 combined squamous cell and small cell carcinoma Uterine cervix

NET: neuroendocrine tumor, NEC: neuroendocrine carcinoma.