are a pancreatic cysts and tumor the same thing
Best Answer: no sweetie, they are not the same.....pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the pancreas.........there are also 2 kinds of Pancreatic cancer exocrine tumors and endocrine tumors NOT THE SAME THING!! Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: no sweetie, they are not the same.....pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the pancreas.........there are also 2 kinds of Pancreatic cancer exocrine tumors and endocrine tumors NOT THE SAME THING!! The metastatic tumor is the same type of tumor as the primary tumor. For example, if a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor spreads to the liver, the tumor cells in the liver are actually neuroendocrine tumor cells. The disease is metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, not liver cancer. There are many different types of tumors that can develop in the pancreas. A pancreatic specialist can evaluate your tumor and determine which type of tumor is present in your pancreas. Approximately 85% patients have very aggressive type of tumor called adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. tMetastatic cancers are cancers that arise in other organs and only later spread to the pancreas. These are usually not considered a pancreatic cancer, instead they are considered cancers of the organs from which they arose. Adenocarcinoma of the pancreas. The most common type of cancer of the pancreas is an adenocarcinoma which is a tumor that arises from the cells that line the duct of the pancreas. 85% of all cancerous tumors of the pancreas are adenocarcinomas. The terms tumor and cancer are sometimes used interchangeably which can be misleading. A tumor is not necessarily a cancer. The word tumor simply refers to a mass. For example, a collection of fluid would meet the definition of a tumor. A cancer is a particularly threatening type of tumor. Pancreatic cysts are fluid-filled neoplasms (i.e., abnormal growths) in the pancreas. Pancreatic cysts is somewhat of a misnomer. So called pancreatic cysts may be true cysts, false cysts or enlargements of the pancreatic ductal (i.e., pipe) system mimicking a cyst. The most common type of cancer of the pancreas is an adenocarcinoma which is a tumor that arises from the cells that line the duct of the pancreas. 85% of all cancerous tumors of the pancreas are adenocarcinomas. I told her that the tumor was NOT the same thing as the cancer. In fact, the tumor is merely a symptom of the cancer. When I said this, she disagreed with me, and said that the cancer and tumor were the same thing. I was astonished! I tried to explain this to her repeatedly. But she could not grasp what I was saying.