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→Intraductal papillary mucinous tumour: prognosis
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*Papillomatous growth pattern. | *Papillomatous growth pattern. | ||
*Morphologically and biologically distinct from ductal adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystic tumour and ductal papillary hyperplasia. | *Morphologically and biologically distinct from ductal adenocarcinoma, mucinous cystic tumour and ductal papillary hyperplasia. | ||
*Prognosis: favourable. | *Prognosis: favourable, if caught earlier; not much different than ductal adenocarcinoma if caught later.<ref name=pmid12377813>{{cite journal |author=Maire F, Hammel P, Terris B, ''et al.'' |title=Prognosis of malignant intraductal papillary mucinous tumours of the pancreas after surgical resection. Comparison with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma |journal=Gut |volume=51 |issue=5 |pages=717–22 |year=2002 |month=November |pmid=12377813 |pmc=1773420 |doi= |url=http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=12377813}}</ref> | ||
===Epidemiology=== | ===Epidemiology=== | ||