Diseases

Pancreatic Neoplasms

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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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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27 entry terms
  • Neoplasms, Pancreatic
  • Pancreas Neoplasms
  • Neoplasm, Pancreas
  • Neoplasm, Pancreatic
  • Neoplasms, Pancreas
  • Pancreas Neoplasm
  • Pancreatic Neoplasm
  • Cancer of Pancreas
  • Cancer of the Pancreas
  • Pancreas Cancer
  • Pancreatic Acinar Carcinoma
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Pancreatic Carcinoma
  • Acinar Carcinoma, Pancreatic
  • Acinar Carcinomas, Pancreatic
  • Cancer, Pancreas
  • Cancer, Pancreatic
  • Cancers, Pancreas
  • Cancers, Pancreatic
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Acinar
  • Carcinomas, Pancreatic
  • Carcinomas, Pancreatic Acinar
  • Pancreas Cancers
  • Pancreatic Acinar Carcinomas
  • Pancreatic Cancers
  • Pancreatic Carcinomas

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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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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

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Pancreatic Neoplasms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010190. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010190
  2. Pancreatic Neoplasms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_tumor
  3. Pancreatic Neoplasms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7130412