pancreatic neoplasms

• adenocarcinoma
  • most common
  • usually in pancreatic head
  • nasty (1-2% survival at 1 yr!)

• cystic neoplasms
  • slow-growing
  • more common in women

• islet-cell tumors
• soft-tissue tumors (rare)
• metastases (breast, lung, melanoma, stomach, colon)

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18