Pancreatic Cancer

Definition: Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer

Noun

1. Cancer of the pancreas.

Specialty Definitions: Pancreatic Cancer

Domain	Definitions
Medicine	Cancer of the pancreas, a salivary gland of the abdomen. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Pancreatic cancer

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Pancreatic Cancer (or adenocarcinoma of the pancreas, also called Pancreatica) is the growth of a malignant tumor within the pancreas. Each year about 29,000 individuals in the United States alone are diagnosed with the disease (more than 60,000 in Europe). It is one of the most fatal cancers, with an average survival time of 3 1/2 months from the time of diagnosis (extended to six months with exceptional treatment.)

External Link

http://www.pancreatica.org/ - All about Pancreatic Cancer

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Pancreatic cancer."

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Crosswords: Pancreatic Cancer

Specialty definitions using "pancreatic cancer": Epirubicin ♦ stage I pancreatic cancer, stage II pancreatic cancer, stage III pancreatic cancer, stage IV pancreatic cancer, stage IVA pancreatic cancer ♦ TAG-72 antigen ♦ Whipple procedure. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Pancreatic Cancer

Domain	Title
References	The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Pancreatic Cancer (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Pancreatic cancer (reference) Pancreatic Cancer - An Update (Digestive Diseases, 1) (reference) Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Pancreatic Cancer

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The human pancreas, an elongated, flattened gland behind the stomach, is involved in or affected by a number of diseases, including diabetes mellitus, cystic fibrosis, pancreatitis, and pancreatic cancer. (references)
		Current trials include enzyme therapy with nutritional support for the treatment of inoperable pancreatic cancer, shark cartilage therapy for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer, and studies of the effects of diet on prostate and breast cancers. (references)
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Expressions: Pancreatic Cancer

Expressions using "pancreatic cancer": stage I pancreatic cancer ♦ stage II pancreatic cancer ♦ stage III pancreatic cancer ♦ stage IV pancreatic cancer ♦ stage IVA pancreatic cancer. Additional references.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pancreatic Cancer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
pancreatic cancer	1,266
pancreatic cancer symptom	143
pancreatic cancer treatment	70
pancreatic cancer john hopkins	12
pancreatic cancer survival rate	11
mortality of pancreatic cancer	11
pancreatic cancer cause	11
pancreatic cancer stage	10
pancreatic cancer survivor	10
pancreatic cancer cure	10
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Modern Translations: Pancreatic Cancer

Language		Translations for "pancreatic cancer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		pancreascancer. (various references)

Dutch		tumor aan de pancreas, alvleesklierkanker. (various references)

Finnish		haimasyöpä. (various references)

French		cancer du pancréas. (various references)

German		Pankreaskarzinom, Bauchspeicheldrüsenkrebs. (various references)

Greek		καρκίνος του παγκρέατος. (various references)

Italian		cancro pancreatico. (various references)

Pig Latin		ancreaticpay ancercay.(various references)

Portuguese		neoplasia do pâncreas. (various references)

Spanish		cáncer pancreático. (various references)

Swedish		pankreascancer. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Pancreatic Cancer

Misspellings
	"Pancreatic Cancer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pancriatic cancer. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Pancreatic Cancer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-c-c-e-e-i-n-n-p-r-r-t"
	-5 letters: capacitance, incarcerate, reincarnate.
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