Mesh term Pancreatic Neoplasms
Browse to parent terms:Digestive System Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Pancreatic Diseases
Description
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).Browse to child terms:
Adenoma, Islet Cell
Carcinoma, Islet Cell
Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
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