types of pancreatic cancer
Last reviewed 05/2023
Pancreatic cancer is a term which includes both exocrine and endocrine tumours:
- pancreatic exocrine cancers
- adenocarcinoma
- acinar cell carcinoma
- adenosquamous carcinoma
- giant cell tumour
- intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN)
- mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
- pancreatoblastoma
- serous cystadenocarcinoma
- solid and pseudopapillary tumours
- pancreatic endocrine cancers (pancreatic neuroendrocrine tumours)
- gastrinoma
- glucagonoma
- insulinoma
- nonfunctional islet cell tumour
- somatostatinoma
- vasoactive intestinal peptide releasing tumour (VIPoma)
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