Urothelial carcinoma: histologic subtypes and divergent differentiation
August 2026—Recognizing and reporting histologic subtypes and divergent differentiation in urothelial carcinoma is critical for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. “Ideally, you want to mention the subtype histologies in pathology reports and quantify the amount,” said Francesca Khani, MD, associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and in the Department of Urology, Weill Cornell Medicine. In a CAP25 session last fall, Dr. Khani spoke of the mimics of benign entities and of other malignancies.