Sentences with phrase «cystic neoplasm»
A serous cystic neoplasm (SCN) is a rare tumor of the pancreas that is usually benign.
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The test was less accurate for the less prevalent pancreatic cyst type called mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN)-- catching only 30 percent of the cases.
Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (PanIN) and mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) also are lesions that precede pancreatic cancer.
A small percentage of patients have serous cystic neoplasms (SCN) that do not harbor malignant potential or progress to cancer.
First author Michele T. Yip - Schneider, Ph.D., associate research professor of surgery, and senior author C. Max Schmidt, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, professor of surgery, biochemistry and molecular biology, report this is the first cyst fluid protein biomarker that can differentiate serous cystic neoplasms, a benign type of cystic lesion, from all other cancerous or precancerous cystic lesions without surgery.
Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are a form of pancreatic tumor.
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We did a needle aspirate and it was found to be «Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC)-- an uncommon form of malignant neoplasm that arises within secretory glands».