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World Health Organization classification of carcinomas of the colon and rectum

Adenocarcinoma

     Cribriform comedo-type adenocarcinoma 

     Medullary carcinoma

     Micropapillary carcinoma

     Mucinous (colloid) adenocarcinoma (>50% mucinous)

     Serrated adenocarcinoma

     Signet-ring cell carcinoma (>50% signet-ring cells)

Adenosquamous carcinoma

Spindle cell carcinoma

Squamous cell (epidermoid) carcinoma

Undifferentiated carcinoma

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