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Descriptor
English
:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Neoplasias Pancreáticas
Synonyms
English
:
Cancer of Pancreas
Pancreatic Cancer
Tree Number:
C04.588.274.761
C04.588.322.421
C06.301.761
C06.689.667
C19.344.421
Definition
English
:
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).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
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
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
blood
blood supply
cerebrospinal fluid
chemistry
chemically induced
classification
congenital
complications
diet therapy
diagnosis
drug therapy
economics
ethnology
embryology
enzymology
epidemiology
etiology
genetics
history
immunology
metabolism
microbiology
mortality
nursing
pathology
prevention & control
physiopathology
parasitology
psychology
radiography
rehabilitation
radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy
secondary
secretion
surgery
therapy
ultrastructure
urine
ultrasonography
veterinary
virology
Record Number:
10378
Unique Identifier:
D010190
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