Neoplastic Process
pancreas neoplasm
pan·cre·as ne·o·plasm [ pan-kree-uh s, pang- nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Digestive System Neoplasms; Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Pancreatic Diseases
Definitions related to pancreatic neoplasm:
  • (pancreas neoplasm) New abnormal pancreatic tissue that grows by excessive cellular division and proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A benign or malignant neoplasm involving the pancreas.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • 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).
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (neoplasm of the pancreas) A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the pancreas.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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