Conditions

Pancreatic Cancer

Oncological Disease

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Medicine Atlas. "Pancreatic Cancer." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/conditions/pancreatic-cancer.

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Medicine Atlas. (n.d.). Pancreatic Cancer. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/conditions/pancreatic-cancer

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@misc{medicineatlas-pancreatic-cancer,
  author = {Medicine Atlas},
  title = {Pancreatic Cancer},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-medicine.interactiveatlas.org/conditions/pancreatic-cancer},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Pancreatic cancer is any cancer with a primary location in the pancreas, a glandular organ lying behind the stomach. It arises when cells in the pancreas start to multiply out of control and form a mass.

Facts

Condition Class

neoplastic, chronic 1

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Oncology

Sources

1. Pancreatic Cancer (Wikipedia)

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Pancreatic cancer is any cancer with a primary location in the pancreas, a glandular organ lying behind the stomach.

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