pancreatic cancer
endocrine gland cancer located in the pancreas
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Summary
pancreatic cancer is a cancer type[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: endocrine gland cancer[3], pancreas disease[4], pancreatic neoplasm[5], gastrointestinal system cancer[6]
- Commons category: Pancreatic cancer[7]
- ICPC 2 ID: D76[8]
- Symptoms and signs: abdominal pain[9], jaundice[10], acute pancreatitis[11], anorexia[12], Trousseau's syndrome[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pancreatic cancer[14]
- Medical examination: medical ultrasonography[15], computed tomography[16], blood test[17], biopsy[18], positron emission tomography[19]
- Anatomical location: pancreas[20]
- ICD-9-CM: 157.1[21], 157.8[22], 157.0[23], 157.2[24]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3305[25]
- Health specialty: oncology[26], gastroenterology[27]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: octreotide[28], docetaxel[29], tamoxifen[30], irinotecan[31], ifosfamide[32], fluorouracil[33], α-streptozocin[34], doxorubicin hydrochloride[35], sunitinib[36], sucrosofate[37], erlotinib[38]
- Genetic association: SBF2[39], GRID1[40], GTF2H1[41], DAPK1[42], BACH1[43], DAB2[44], TAFA5[45], IL17F[46], PRB2[47], DPP6[48], MYO1D[49], PRKN[50], RNF149[51], RNF43[52]
- Incidence: 10 cases per 100000 person-years[53], 2 cases per 100000 person-years[54]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1793[55], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1793[56]
Why It Matters
pancreatic cancer is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]