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Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma · CancerIndex

Cancers
Neoplasm
Neoplasm by Special Category
Malignant Neoplasm
Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm
Digestive System Carcinoma
Digestive System Adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Subtype

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

CI-CAN-00006283Explore in graph →

356 active trials5 approved drugs26 evidence items

NCIt: C8294
OncoTree: PAAD
DOID: 4074
UMLS CUI: C0281361
Other: 1 more code

Overview
Statistics
Survival
Genomics13
Variants & evidence26
Drugs18
Trials914
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

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the exocrine pancreas. Ductal adenocarcinoma and its variants are the most common types of pancreatic adenocarcinomas. Other histologic types include acinar cell carcinoma and mixed acinar-ductal 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

Digestive System AdenocarcinomaSubtype
Exocrine Pancreas CarcinomaSubtype

Children (8)

ncit

Invasive Pancreatic Micropapillary Adenocarcinoma
Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma2 sub
Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Genetic Abnormalities2 sub
Pancreatic Cystadenocarcinoma3 sub
Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma12 sub
Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma
Pancreatic Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma

Anatomy

Anatomical sites

Digestive SystemC3052
PancreasC12393

Record

Identity

CancerIndex ID: CI-CAN-00006283
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)

Pancreatic Mixed Acinar-Ductal Carcinoma

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

914 / 356

Publications (all / 5y)

12,594 / 3,913

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 (5)

Adenocarcinoma of Pancreassynonym · NCIt
Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreassynonym · NCIt
Adenocarcinoma - pancreassynonym · NCIt
Pancreas Adenocarcinomasynonym · NCIt
Pancreatic Adenocarcinomasynonym · OncoTree

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Key figures

At a glance

Each figure carries its unit, period and source; ranks link to "Why this rank?".

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 trials356countcurrent registry status · entity + descendantsclinicaltrialsComputedrank #108 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 months699countPubMed records · stored query · 12-month windowpubmedComputedrank #117 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