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Exocrine Pancreas Carcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm
Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm
Malignant Exocrine Pancreas Neoplasm
Exocrine Pancreas Carcinoma

Subtype

Exocrine Pancreas Carcinoma

CI-CAN-00005225Explore in graph →

358 active trials5 approved drugs26 evidence items

NCIt: C3850

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics13
Variants & evidence26
Drugs18
Trials918
Research
Rankings
Sources & provenance

Data completeness5 / 7 dimensions

Epidemiology (no data yet)
Survival (no data yet)
Trials (data present)
Literature (data present)
Genomics (data present)
Evidence (data present)
Therapies (data present)

Computed from entity_counters.completeness · refreshed after each connector run

Definition

What this entity is

A carcinoma that arises from the exocrine pancreas. The vast majority of exocrine pancreas carcinomas are adenocarcinomas. The main subtype of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is ductal adenocarcinoma, which is the most frequently seen type of pancreatic carcinoma.

Definition text as published by ncit-evsProvenance

Source: NCI Thesaurus (NCIt)
Dataset: NCI Thesaurus
Version: 26.08e
Retrieved: Sep 8, 2026
Layer: raw (as published)
Evidence: expert curation
License: CC BY 4.0
Run: ING-NCITEVS-20260908-000001

Open at source Curated

Data updated 22 days agoSource updated 26.08e

Taxonomy

Position in the hierarchies

Several hierarchies coexist; edges are listed per hierarchy type with their source.

Parents

ncit

Malignant Exocrine Pancreas NeoplasmSubtype
Pancreatic CarcinomaSubtype

Children (4)

ncit

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma8 sub
Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma
Pancreatic Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Pancreatic Undifferentiated Carcinoma3 sub

37 descendants in total; counters on this page aggregate over all of them.

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Digestive SystemC3052

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00005225
Entity type: Subtype
Malignant: Yes
Solid / hematologic: Solid tumor
Pediatric relevant: Not flagged
Rare cancer: Unknown (no incidence data yet)
Hierarchy depth: 6
Classification version: 26.08e
Semantic types: Neoplastic Process
Status: Active
Record updated: 2026-09-08

Coverage

Data completeness

Trials (all / active)

918 / 358

Publications (all / 5y)

57 / 5

Evidence items

26

Genes / variants

112 / 25

Drugs (any / approved)

18 / 5

Genomic cohorts

13

Epidemiology / survival obs.

0 / 0

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknowncounters aggregate over descendants

Names

Synonyms (6)

Cancer of Exocrine Pancreassynonym · NCIt
Carcinoma of Exocrine Pancreassynonym · NCIt
exocrine cancersynonym · NCIt
Exocrine Pancreas Cancersynonym · NCIt
Pancreatic cancer (excluding Islets), NOSsynonym · NCIt
Pancreatic cancer (not Islets)synonym · NCIt

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Key figures

At a glance

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US deaths51,327countUnited States · 2024 · both sexes · all agescdc-wonderObservedrank #2 of 31 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm
US new cases61,467countUnited States · 2023 · both sexes · all agescdc-uscsObservedrank #10 of 32 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2023 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm
US age-standardized mortality11.3per 100,000United States · 2024 · both sexes · all ages · 2000 U.S. Std. Populationcdc-wonderObservedrank #2 of 23 (USA · both sexes · all ages · 2024 · top-level cancers)figures shown for Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm (registry level) — open Malignant Pancreatic Neoplasm
Active trials358countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #106 of 1,654 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Recruiting trials210countstatus RECRUITING · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #94 of 1,277 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Curated evidence items26countaccepted CIViC items · entity + descendantscivicComputedrank #123 of 492 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Publications, last 12 months2countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #1646 of 2,294 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)
Genomic cohorts13countopen GDC projects · entity + descendantsgdcComputedrank #91 of 296 (World · both sexes · all ages · latest · all malignant entities)

Data updated 18 hours agoSource updated unknownregistry figures: cdc-uscs · latest year available per metric · counters aggregate over descendants