Diseases

Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma

Carcinoma that arises from the PANCREATIC DUCTS. It accounts for the majority of cancers derived from the PANCREAS.

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Abstract

Carcinoma that arises from the PANCREATIC DUCTS. It accounts for the majority of cancers derived from the PANCREAS.

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17 entry terms
  • Carcinoma, Ductal, Pancreatic
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
  • Duct-Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas
  • Duct-Cell Carcinoma, Pancreas
  • Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas
  • Pancreatic Duct Cell Carcinoma
  • Carcinoma, Pancreas Duct-Cell
  • Carcinomas, Pancreas Duct-Cell
  • Carcinomas, Pancreatic Ductal
  • Duct Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas
  • Duct Cell Carcinoma, Pancreas
  • Duct-Cell Carcinomas, Pancreas
  • Ductal Carcinoma, Pancreatic
  • Ductal Carcinomas, Pancreatic
  • Pancreas Duct-Cell Carcinoma
  • Pancreas Duct-Cell Carcinomas
  • Pancreatic Ductal Carcinomas

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39 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS (IM)

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History Note

2001

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Previous Indexing

  • Pancreatic Neoplasms (1966-2000)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D021441. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D021441
  2. Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8263002