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).

Synonyms: Neoplasms, Pancreas, Neoplasm, Pancreatic, Cancer, Pancreas, Cancer, Pancreatic, Cancers, Pancreas, Neoplasms, Pancreatic, Cancer of Pancreas, Cancers, Pancreatic, Pancreatic Cancer, Pancreas Cancer, Neoplasm, Pancreas, Pancreatic Cancers, Cancer of the Pancreas, Pancreas Neoplasms, Pancreas Cancers, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pancreas Neoplasm, Pancreatic Neoplasm

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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

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D010190