| | MeSH | Disease Ontology |
| Disease ID: | D010190 | DOID:1793 |
| Disease Name: | Pancreatic Neoplasms | pancreatic cancer |
| Category: | MeSH | Disease Ontology |
| Type: | Neoplasms//Digestive System Diseases//Endocrine System Diseases | disease of anatomical entity//disease of cellular proliferation |
| Define: | 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). | An endocrine gland cancer located_in the pancreas. |
| Alias: | Cancer of Pancreas//Cancer of the Pancreas//Neoplasms, Pancreatic//Pancreas Cancer//Pancreas Neoplasms//Pancreatic Cancer | Ca body of pancreas//Ca head of pancreas//Ca tail of pancreas//malignant neoplasm of body of pancreas//malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas//malignant neoplasm of tail of pancreas
pancreas neoplasm [EXACT]
pancreatic neoplasm [EXACT]
pancreatic tumor [EXACT] |