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Prostate adenoid cystic carcinoma

MedGen UID:
233352
•Concept ID:
C1335502
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of Prostate; adenoid cystic carcinoma of prostate; Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Prostate; adenoid cystic carcinoma of the prostate; Prostate Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma; prostate adenoid cystic carcinoma; prostate gland adenoid cystic carcinoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003177

Definition

An adenoid cystic carcinoma that arises from the prostate gland. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVProstate adenoid cystic carcinoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Imaging of the Bulbourethral (Cowper) Gland: Abnormalities and Differential Diagnosis.
Takahashi H, Potretzke TA, Kawashima A, Cheville JC, Masuoka S, Kim B
Radiographics 2022 Nov-Dec;42(7):2037-2053. Epub 2022 Sep 23 doi: 10.1148/rg.220099. PMID: 36149823
Adenoid cystic carcinoma: a review of clinical features, treatment targets and advances in improving the immune response to monoclonal antibody therapy.
Nightingale J, Lum B, Ladwa R, Simpson F, Panizza B
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2021 Apr;1875(2):188523. Epub 2021 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2021.188523. PMID: 33600823
Uncommon Cervical Lesions: A Review and Discussion of the Differential Diagnosis.
Griesinger LM, Szczepanski JM, McMullen ER, Skala SL
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2021 Jul 1;145(7):891-902. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0327-RA. PMID: 33091926

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The 2022 revision of the World Health Organization classification of tumors of the urinary system and male genital organs: advances and challenges.
Mohanty SK, Lobo A, Cheng L
Hum Pathol 2023 Jun;136:123-143. Epub 2022 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.08.006. PMID: 36084769
Adenoid cystic carcinoma. An indolent but aggressive tumour. Part A: from aetiopathogenesis to diagnosis.
Cantù G
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2021 Jun;41(3):206-214. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1379. PMID: 34264913Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma: a review of clinical features, treatment targets and advances in improving the immune response to monoclonal antibody therapy.
Nightingale J, Lum B, Ladwa R, Simpson F, Panizza B
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2021 Apr;1875(2):188523. Epub 2021 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2021.188523. PMID: 33600823
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck.
Klein Nulent TJW, Valstar MH, Smit LA, Smeele LE, Zuithoff NPA, de Keizer B, de Bree R, van Es RJJ, Willems SM
BMC Cancer 2020 Jun 5;20(1):519. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-06847-9. PMID: 32503460Free PMC Article
Histologic classification of prostate cancer.
Mikuz G
Anal Quant Cytopathol Histpathol 2015 Feb;37(1):39-47. PMID: 26072633

Diagnosis

Histological patterns, subtypes and aspects of prostate cancer: different aspects, different outcomes.
Wasinger G, Oszwald A, Shariat SF, Compérat E
Curr Opin Urol 2022 Nov 1;32(6):643-648. Epub 2022 Sep 8 doi: 10.1097/MOU.0000000000001038. PMID: 36081403
WHO Classification of Tumours fifth edition: evolving issues in the classification, diagnosis, and prognostication of prostate cancer.
Kench JG, Amin MB, Berney DM, Compérat EM, Cree IA, Gill AJ, Hartmann A, Menon S, Moch H, Netto GJ, Raspollini MR, Rubin MA, Tan PH, Tsuzuki T, Turjalic S, van der Kwast TH, Zhou M, Srigley JR
Histopathology 2022 Oct;81(4):447-458. Epub 2022 Aug 2 doi: 10.1111/his.14711. PMID: 35758185Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma. An indolent but aggressive tumour. Part A: from aetiopathogenesis to diagnosis.
Cantù G
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2021 Jun;41(3):206-214. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1379. PMID: 34264913Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the prostate: case report on a rare entity and review of the literature.
Ahuja A, Das P, Kumar N, Saini AK, Seth A, Ray R
Pathol Res Pract 2011 Jun 15;207(6):391-4. Epub 2011 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.01.012. PMID: 21440997
Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate: review and update.
Begnami MD, Quezado M, Pinto P, Linehan WM, Merino M
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007 Apr;131(4):637-40. doi: 10.5858/2007-131-637-ABCCOT. PMID: 17425398

Therapy

Adenoid cystic carcinoma: a review of clinical features, treatment targets and advances in improving the immune response to monoclonal antibody therapy.
Nightingale J, Lum B, Ladwa R, Simpson F, Panizza B
Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2021 Apr;1875(2):188523. Epub 2021 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2021.188523. PMID: 33600823
(68)Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET/CT imaging for adenoid cystic carcinoma and salivary duct carcinoma: a phase 2 imaging study.
van Boxtel W, Lütje S, van Engen-van Grunsven ICH, Verhaegh GW, Schalken JA, Jonker MA, Nagarajah J, Gotthardt M, van Herpen CML
Theranostics 2020;10(5):2273-2283. Epub 2020 Jan 12 doi: 10.7150/thno.38501. PMID: 32089741Free PMC Article
Radionuclide Therapy With 177Lu-PSMA in a Case of Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Parotid.
Has Simsek D, Kuyumcu S, Agaoglu FY, Unal SN
Clin Nucl Med 2019 Sep;44(9):764-766. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000002645. PMID: 31162255
Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the prostate: case report on a rare entity and review of the literature.
Ahuja A, Das P, Kumar N, Saini AK, Seth A, Ray R
Pathol Res Pract 2011 Jun 15;207(6):391-4. Epub 2011 Mar 26 doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2011.01.012. PMID: 21440997
Persistent and/or late complications of combined radiation therapy and hyperthermia.
Ben-Yosef R, Kapp DS
Int J Hyperthermia 1992 Nov-Dec;8(6):733-45. doi: 10.3109/02656739209005021. PMID: 1479199

Prognosis

WHO Classification of Tumours fifth edition: evolving issues in the classification, diagnosis, and prognostication of prostate cancer.
Kench JG, Amin MB, Berney DM, Compérat EM, Cree IA, Gill AJ, Hartmann A, Menon S, Moch H, Netto GJ, Raspollini MR, Rubin MA, Tan PH, Tsuzuki T, Turjalic S, van der Kwast TH, Zhou M, Srigley JR
Histopathology 2022 Oct;81(4):447-458. Epub 2022 Aug 2 doi: 10.1111/his.14711. PMID: 35758185Free PMC Article
Adenoid cystic carcinoma. An indolent but aggressive tumour. Part A: from aetiopathogenesis to diagnosis.
Cantù G
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital 2021 Jun;41(3):206-214. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-N1379. PMID: 34264913Free PMC Article
Histologic classification of prostate cancer.
Mikuz G
Anal Quant Cytopathol Histpathol 2015 Feb;37(1):39-47. PMID: 26072633
Adenoid cystic/basal cell carcinoma of the prostate: review and update.
Begnami MD, Quezado M, Pinto P, Linehan WM, Merino M
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007 Apr;131(4):637-40. doi: 10.5858/2007-131-637-ABCCOT. PMID: 17425398
Unusual prostatic carcinomas.
Dhom G
Pathol Res Pract 1990 Feb;186(1):28-36. doi: 10.1016/S0344-0338(11)81009-5. PMID: 2179908

Clinical prediction guides

Uncommon Cervical Lesions: A Review and Discussion of the Differential Diagnosis.
Griesinger LM, Szczepanski JM, McMullen ER, Skala SL
Arch Pathol Lab Med 2021 Jul 1;145(7):891-902. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2020-0327-RA. PMID: 33091926
Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) expression in adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck.
Klein Nulent TJW, Valstar MH, Smit LA, Smeele LE, Zuithoff NPA, de Keizer B, de Bree R, van Es RJJ, Willems SM
BMC Cancer 2020 Jun 5;20(1):519. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-06847-9. PMID: 32503460Free PMC Article
(68)Ga-PSMA-HBED-CC PET/CT imaging for adenoid cystic carcinoma and salivary duct carcinoma: a phase 2 imaging study.
van Boxtel W, Lütje S, van Engen-van Grunsven ICH, Verhaegh GW, Schalken JA, Jonker MA, Nagarajah J, Gotthardt M, van Herpen CML
Theranostics 2020;10(5):2273-2283. Epub 2020 Jan 12 doi: 10.7150/thno.38501. PMID: 32089741Free PMC Article
Histologic classification of prostate cancer.
Mikuz G
Anal Quant Cytopathol Histpathol 2015 Feb;37(1):39-47. PMID: 26072633
Suppression of salivary adenoid cystic carcinoma growth and metastasis by ErbB3 binding protein Ebp1 gene transfer.
Yu Y, Chen W, Zhang Y, Hamburger AW, Pan H, Zhang Z
Int J Cancer 2007 May 1;120(9):1909-13. doi: 10.1002/ijc.22541. PMID: 17266032

Recent systematic reviews

Change of Circulating and Tissue-Based miR-20a in Human Cancers and Associated Prognostic Implication: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Zhang Q, Wang Q, Sun W, Gao F, Liu L, Cheng L, Li Z
Biomed Res Int 2018;2018:6124927. Epub 2018 Nov 25 doi: 10.1155/2018/6124927. PMID: 30596096Free PMC Article

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