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Adrenocortical carcinoma also adrenal cortical carcinoma (ACC) and adrenal cortex cancer is an aggressive cancer originating in the cortex (steroid hormone-producing tissue) of the adrenal gland. Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare tumor with incidence of 1–2 per million population annually. Adrenocortical carcinoma has a bimodal distribution by age with cases clustering in children under 5 and in adults 30–40 years old.
