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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
C04.588.322.475
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
:
BS
blood supply
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CH
chemistry
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SC
secondary
SE
secretion
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UL
ultrastructure
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
10378
Unique Identifier:
D010190
Occurrence in VHL
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