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Preferred term

Pancreatic Neoplasms  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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).

Entry terms

  • Neoplasms, Pancreatic
  • Pancreas Neoplasms

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FF0J4H1H-B

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