%0 Journal Article %T Non-pancreatic cancer tumors in the pancreatic region %A £¿ke Andr¨¦n-Sandberg %J North American Journal of Medical Sciences %D 2011 %I North American Journal of Medical Sciences %X Most of tumors found in the pancreas are adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. A small number of tumors in the pancreas, such as islet cell tumors or neuroendocrine tumors, papillary cystic neoplasms, lymphoma, acinar cell tumors, metastatic tumors to the pancreas often, have a far better prognosis, and the majority of these tumors are non-malignant or benign. The author reviewed the recent literatures, and summarized where the tumor comes originally in the pancreas, what is the type of the tumor, and how to treat the tumor. %K Pancreas %K adenocarcinoma %K exocrine pancreatic neoplasms %K metastases %K non-pancreatic cancer. %U http://najms.org/resources/PDF+55-62+Non-pancreatic+cancer+tumors+in+the+pancreatic+region.pdf