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ISLET-CELL-CARCINOMA


originator: Clara
origination date: 07/05/2002
subject field: medicine: disease
URL: http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancernet/100790.html

check date: 25/06/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAENDOCRINE-PANCREATIC-CANCER
SUBCLASSESGASTRINOMA
GLUCAGONOMA
INSULINOMA
DESCENDANTSGASTRINOMA
GLUCAGONOMA
INSULINOMA
ANCESTORSALL
CHANGE-STATE
CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL
DISEASE-EVENT
ENDOCRINE-PANCREATIC-CANCER
EVENT
HAVE-NEOPLASM
LIVING-EVENT
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-DIGESTIVE-ORGANS-AND-PERITONEUM
MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-PANCREAS
PHYSICAL-EVENT


English
islet cell carcinomadefinition: rare, soft, fleshy, and slow-growing form of endocrine cancer that originates in the endocrine glands of the pancreas. The most common symptom is hypoglycemia, which can cause restlessness, irritability, sweating, and flushing. Surgery and chemotherapy are used in the treatment. The two major types are gastrinoma and insulinoma, but another rare form is glucagonoma. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
context (x): i_isceca.txt

origination date: 28/05/2002
originator: Arianne

Spanish
carcinoma de células de islotedefinition: tipo poco frecuente de cáncer endocrino, caracterizado por ser blando, carnoso, de crecimiento lento, que se desarrolla en las glándulas endocrinas del páncreas. El síntoma más frecuente es la hipoglucemia que puede dar lugar a inquietud, irritabilidad, sudores y rubefacción. En el tratamiento del tumor se emplean cirugía y quimioterapia. Los dos tipos más característicos de carcinoma de células de islote son gastrinoma e insulinoma, aunque otra forma menos frecuente es el glucagonoma. (es)
gender: masculine
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term
context (x): e_caceis.txt

origination date: 27/05/2002
originator: Arianne