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Pancreatic Neoplasms(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Pancreatic Neoplasms
Used for/see from:
  • n: Cancer of the Pancreas
  • n: Neoplasms, Pancreatic
  • n: Pancreas Cancer
  • n: Pancreas Neoplasms
  • Cancer of Pancreas
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • n: Cancer, Pancreas
  • n: Cancer, Pancreatic
  • n: Cancers, Pancreas
  • n: Cancers, Pancreatic
  • n: Neoplasm, Pancreas
  • n: Neoplasm, Pancreatic
  • n: Neoplasms, Pancreas
  • n: Pancreas Cancers
  • n: Pancreas Neoplasm
  • n: Pancreatic Cancers
  • n: Pancreatic Neoplasm

coord IM with histol type of neopl (IM); available are ALPHA-CELL TUMOR see GLUCAGONOMA; BETA-CELL TUMOR see INSULINOMA; and pancreatic delta-cell tumor see SOMATOSTATINOMA

Tumors or cancer of the PANCREAS. Depending on the types of ISLET CELLS present in the tumors, various hormones can be secreted: GLUCAGON from PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS; INSULIN from PANCREATIC BETA CELLS; and SOMATOSTATIN from the SOMATOSTATIN-SECRETING CELLS. Most are malignant except the insulin-producing tumors (INSULINOMA).

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