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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]
Overview
Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumour within the pancreatic gland.
About 95 percent of pancreatic tumors are adenocarcinomas (Template:ICDO). The remaining 5 percent include other tumors of the exocrine pancreas (e.g. serous cystadenomas), acinar cell cancers, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (such as insulinomas, Template:ICDO, Template:ICDO). These tumors have a completely different diagnostic and therapeutic profile, and generally a more favorable prognosis.[1]
References
- ↑ Ghaneh P, Costello E, Neoptolemos JP (2007). "Biology and management of pancreatic cancer". Gut. 56 (8): 1134–52. doi:10.1136/gut.2006.103333. PMID 17625148.