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Pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma: A review on molecular profiling of patient tumors.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Dec 2017
Al-Hader Ahmad, Al-Rohil Rami N, Han Haiyong, Von Hoff Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic carcinomas with acinar differentiation are rare, accounting for 1%-2% of adult pancreatic tumors; they include pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (PACC), pancreatoblastoma, and carcinomas of mixed differentiation. Patients with PACC have a prognosis better than pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas but worse than pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. Reports of overall survival range from 18 to 47 mo. A...
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