Relative incidence is given as percentage of all functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Some PanNETs do not cause any symptoms, in which case they...
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Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems. They most commonly occur in the intestine...
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also arise from these cells. About 1–2% of cases of pancreatic cancer are neuroendocrine tumors, which arise from the hormone-producing cells of the...
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(ductal, acinar, neuroendocrine, other) and gross appearance (intraductal, cystic, solid). Each different type of pancreatic tumor has a different appearance...
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Steve Jobs (category Deaths from pancreatic cancer in California)
1999 to 2002. In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. He died of tumor-related respiratory arrest in 2011; in 2022, he was...
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Gastrinomas are neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), usually located in the duodenum or pancreas, that secrete gastrin and cause a clinical syndrome known as...
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production, secretion, and resistance. Betatrophin Neuroendocrine tumor Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans, a novelette...
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Sunitinib (section Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors)
treatment of unresectable or metastatic, well-differentiated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors with disease progression in adults. In May 2011, the USFDA...
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Carcinoid (redirect from Carcinoid tumor)
carcinoid (also carcinoid tumor) is a slow-growing type of neuroendocrine tumor originating in the cells of the neuroendocrine system. In some cases, metastasis...
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cells. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors may sometimes undergo cystic degeneration forming cysts. These types of tumors arise from pancreatic endocrine...
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scan is a type of SPECT scintigraphy used to find carcinoid, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, and to localize sarcoidosis. It is also called somatostatin...
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medicine, a nesidioblastoma is an uncommon, insulin-secreting, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (PanNET). The term dates to at least 1938. In that report,...
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Mahvash disease is an autosomal recessive, hereditary pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor syndrome. The genetic defect that causes Mahvash disease is biallelic...
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Adenocarcinoma (redirect from Adenocarcinoid tumor)
not referred to as adenocarcinomas but rather are often called neuroendocrine tumors. Epithelial tissue sometimes includes, but is not limited to, the...
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Aretha Franklin (category Deaths from pancreatic cancer in Michigan)
of death was a malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET), which is distinct from the most common form of pancreatic cancer. Numerous celebrities...
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The Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF), previously known as the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation (CFCF), is a nonprofit corporation organized...
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cancer product being developed to treat certain gastro-entero pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs). It selectively targets over-expressed somatostatin...
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Zollinger–Ellison syndrome (redirect from Zollinger-Ellison tumor)
abdominal pain and diarrhea. The syndrome is caused by a gastrinoma, a neuroendocrine tumor that secretes a hormone called gastrin. Too much gastrin in the blood...
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Endometrioid tumors are a class of tumors that arise in the uterus or ovaries that resemble endometrial glands on histology. They account for 80% of endometrial...
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(2018-07-03). "Somatostatin analogue-induced pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in patients with neuroendocrine tumors: results of a prospective observational...
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MEN1 gene can cause pituitary adenomas, hyperparathyroidism, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, gastrinoma, and adrenocortical cancers. In vitro studies have...
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Endocrine oncology (redirect from Endocrine tumor)
carcinoid Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma Small cell lung cancer Endocrine pancreatic tumors Non-functioning endocrine pancreatic tumors Insulinoma Gastrinoma...
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Warthin's tumor, also known as papillary cystadenoma lymphomatosum, is a benign cystic tumor of the salivary glands containing abundant lymphocytes and...
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Pancreas (redirect from Pancreatic)
2014-02-21. Retrieved 8 June 2014. Burns WR, Edil BH (March 2012). "Neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors: guidelines for management and update". Current Treatment Options...
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cell histology (ccRCC), pancreatic lesions, neuroendocrine tumors, and CNS hemangioblastomas or pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET), which do not require...
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A tumor marker is a biomarker that can be used to indicate the presence of cancer or the behavior of cancers (measure progression or response to therapy)...
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A Krukenberg tumor refers to a malignancy in the ovary that metastasized from a primary site, classically the gastrointestinal tract, although it can...
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Turhan N, Akoglu M (November 2016). "Intra-pancreatic Accessory Spleen Mimicking Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor on 68-Ga-Dotatate PET/CT". Arch Iran Med...
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (redirect from Hepatic tumor)
with any cancer, the treatment and prognosis of HCC varies depending on tumor histology, size, how far the cancer has spread, and overall health of the...
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Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty Primitive neuroectodermal tumor Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...
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