Clinicopathologic study of adenosquamous carcinoma of the uterine cervix.

The 22 adenosquamous carcinoma cases were studied clinicopathologically. The tumor provides many difficulties such as: rapid spreading properties, delayed detection as advanced carcinoma because of the presence of endophytic growth, frequent prevalence of vessel permeation, and radioresistance. Adenosquamous carcinoma was categorized histochemically and histomorphologically into two types--adenosquamous carcinoma (AC) and mucoepidermoid carcinoma, with a comparison being given. As a result, adenosquamous carcinoma (AC) was found inferior to mucoepidermoid carcinoma in radiosensitivity and prognosis, so that categorization into the two types has been considered to be clinically meaningful.