pancreatic cancer
endocrine gland cancer located in the pancreas
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Summary
pancreatic cancer is a class of disease[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,838 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: endocrine gland cancer[3], pancreas disease[4], pancreatic neoplasm[5], gastrointestinal system cancer[6], disease[7]
- Commons category: Pancreatic cancer[8]
- ICPC 2 ID: D76[9]
- Symptoms and signs: abdominal pain[10], jaundice[11], acute pancreatitis[12], anorexia[13], Trousseau's syndrome[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pancreatic cancer[15]
- Medical examination: medical ultrasonography[16], computed tomography[17], blood test[18], biopsy[19], positron emission tomography[20]
- Anatomical location: pancreas[21]
- ICD-9-CM: 157.1[22], 157.8[23], 157.0[24], 157.2[25]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C3305[26]
- Health specialty: oncology[27], gastroenterology[28]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: octreotide[29], docetaxel[30], tamoxifen[31], irinotecan[32], ifosfamide[33], fluorouracil[34], α-streptozocin[35], doxorubicin hydrochloride[36], sunitinib[37], sucrosofate[38], erlotinib[39]
- Genetic association: SBF2[40], GRID1[41], GTF2H1[42], DAPK1[43], BACH1[44], DAB2[45], TAFA5[46], IL17F[47], PRB2[48], DPP6[49], MYO1D[50], PRKN[51], RNF149[52], RNF43[53]
- Incidence: 10 cases per 100000 person-years[54], 2 cases per 100000 person-years[55]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1793[56]
Why It Matters
pancreatic cancer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]