Pancreatic Neoplasms |
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| Cancer of the Pancreas; Neoplasms, Pancreatic; Pancreas Cancer; Pancreas Neoplasms; Cancer, Pancreas; Cancer, Pancreatic; Cancers, Pancreas; Cancers, Pancreatic; Neoplasm, Pancreas; Neoplasm, Pancreatic; Neoplasms, Pancreas; Pancreas Cancers | |
| 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). | |