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* Adenocarcinoma | * Adenocarcinoma | ||
** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas | ** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas | ||
** Accounts for approximately 85 | ** Accounts for approximately 85% of all pancreatic tumors | ||
** Patients are commonly women in the 6th and 7th decades of life | ** Patients are commonly women in the 6th and 7th decades of life | ||
** Prognosis is poor 90 | ** Prognosis is poor | ||
*** 90% of patients die within a year of diagnosis | |||
** Association with cigarette smoking, high fat diet, and diabetes mellitus | ** Association with cigarette smoking, high fat diet, and diabetes mellitus | ||
** Triad of weight loss, pain, and jaundice | ** Triad of weight loss, pain, and jaundice | ||