Sentences with phrase «islet cell neuroendocrine»
Podgers died from islet cell neuroendocrine cancer, barely one year after his retirement.
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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, often referred to as «islet cell tumors» are a type of cancer that arises from hormone - releasing cells in the pancreas.
Experts say the length of his survival is mainly because he had a slow - growing, rare cancer called a pancreatic neuroendocrine islet cell tumor.
Neuroendocrine pancreas cells (such as islet cells) make several hormones, including insulin and glucagon, that help control sugar levels in the blood.