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. 2022 Jun 30;34(3):176–206. doi: 10.21147/j.issn.1000-9604.2022.03.03

Table 2. Histological type of lung cancer (WHO 2021).

Histological type and subtype
WHO, World Health Organization; NOS, not otherwise specified.
Epithelial tumors
 Papillomas
 Adenomas
  Sclerosing pneumocytoma
  Alveolar adenoma
  Papillary adenoma
  Bronchiolar adenoma/ciliated muconodular papillary tumor
  Mucinous cystadenoma
  Mucous gland adenoma
 Precursor glandular lesions
  Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
  Adenocarcinoma in situ
 Adenocarcinomas
  Minimally invasive adenocarcinoma
  Invasive non-mucinous adenocarcinoma
  Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma
  Colloid adenocarcinoma
  Fetal adenocarcinoma
  Adenocarcinoma, enteric type
 Squamous precursor lesions
  Squamous dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma in situ
 Squamous cell carcinomas
  Squamous cell carcinoma, NOS
  Lymphoepithelial carcinoma
 Large cell carcinomas
 Adenosquamous carcinomas
  Adenosquamous carcinoma
 Sarcomatoid carcinomas
  Pleomorphic carcinoma
  Pulmonary blastoma
  Carcinosarcoma
 Other epithelial tumors
  NUT carcinoma
  Thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor
 Salivary gland-type tumors
  Pleomorphic adenoma
  Adenoid cystic carcinoma
  Epithelial-myoepithelial carcinoma
  Mucoepidermoid carcinoma
  Hyalinizing clear cell carcinoma
  Myoepithelioma and myoepithelial carcinoma
Lung neuroendocrine neoplasms
 Precursor lesions
  Diffuse idiopathic neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
 Neuroendocrine tumors
  Carcinoid tumor, NOS/neuroendocrine tumor, NOS
 Neuroendocrine carcinomas
  Small cell carcinoma
  Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma