Chapter 2 - Neoplasms (C00-D49)»Malignant neoplasms of digestive organs (C15-C26)»Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25)

C25

Malignant neoplasm of pancreas

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Pancreatic Neoplasms1361 drugs (372 approved, 989 experimental)

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).