A benign or malignant neoplasm involving the pancreas. Neoplasm located in 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).
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NCIT:C3305; NEOPL PANCREATIC; PANCREAS NEOPL; Pancreas Neoplasm; Pancreas Neoplasms; Pancreatic Neoplasms; http://identifiers.org/medgen/18279; http://identifiers.org/mesh/D010190; http://identifiers.org/snomedct/126859007; http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0030297; neoplasm of pancreas; neoplasm of the pancreas; pancreas neoplasm (disease); pancreas tumor; pancreas tumour; pancreatic cancer; pancreatic tumor; pancreatic tumour; tumor of pancreas; tumor of the pancreas; tumour of pancreas; tumour of the pancreas