Pancreatic Neoplasms

**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).

**Tree numbers:** - C04.588.274.761 - C04.588.322.475 - C06.301.761 - C06.689.667 - C19.344.421

**Synonyms:** - Neoplasms, Pancreatic - Pancreas Neoplasms