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  2. Pancreatic cancer - Wikipedia

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    Common presenting symptoms of pancreatic adenocarcinoma include: Pain in the upper abdomen or back, often spreading from around the stomach to the back. The location of the pain can indicate the part of the pancreas where a tumor is located. The pain may be worse at night and may increase over time to become severe and unremitting. [27]

  3. Pancreatic tumor - Wikipedia

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    For example, some of these pancreatic endocrine tumors release hormones such as insulin, gastrin and glucagon systemically. [2] [7] Often times, these large surges in hormones lead to a relatively early detection due to symptoms that arise in response. Pancreatic endocrine tumors are named after the type of hormone they release.

  4. Trousseau sign of malignancy - Wikipedia

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    Some malignancies, especially gliomas (25%), as well as adenocarcinomas of the pancreas and lung, are associated with hypercoagulability (the tendency to form blood clots) for reasons that are incompletely understood, but may be related to factors secreted by the tumors, in particular a circulating pool of cell-derived tissue factor-containing microvesicles. [7]

  5. 14 symptoms of pancreatic cancer you’re most likely to ignore

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    12. Fever, shivering, and feeling unwell. Such symptoms are uncommon pancreatic cancer symptoms, but aren’t unheard of and may be either linked to the cancer itself, or possibly an infection ...

  6. Cannonball sign - Wikipedia

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    The cannonball sign is a radiological term used to describe the presence of multiple, well-circumscribed, round opacities seen on X-ray or CT imaging, typically in the lungs. [1] This finding is most commonly associated with hematogenous metastases, where malignant cells spread to the lungs via the bloodstream, forming discrete nodules that ...

  7. Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas - Wikipedia

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    Acinar cell carcinoma of the pancreas, also acinar cell carcinoma, is a rare malignant exocrine tumour of the pancreas. It represents 5% of all exocrine tumours of the pancreas, making it the second most common type of pancreatic cancer. [1] It is abbreviated ACC. It typically has a guarded prognosis.

  8. Maria Menounos reveals pancreatic cancer felt like she was ...

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    What are the symptoms of pancreatic cancer? The pancreas is a 6-inch long gland that lies between the stomach and the spine, according to the National Cancer Institute . It helps the body break ...

  9. Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the lung - Wikipedia

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    [4] [1] [12] The mouse monoclonal antibody 1D3, developed to detect a high molecular weight mucin found in a number of cystic malignancies of various organs, may be of use in differentiating primary mucinous cystadenocarcinoma of the lung from metastatic lung tumors due to mucinous cystic lesions of the uterus and pancreas, as well as those ...