title: [Evaluation of autopsy cases in pancreatic cancer].
abstract: The incidence of pancreatic cancer has increased recently. The average age of pancreatic cancer patients in our series was 60.6 years; the male to female ratio was 2.3:1. As for tumor location, the head (45.5%) was the most frequent followed by the body (32.7%) and the tail (20%). Pancreatic cancers were histologically classified as duct carcinoma (88.2%), acinar cell carcinoma (0.9%), islet cell carcinoma (1.8%) and undifferentiated carcinoma (9.1%). In 17 cases (15.5%), diabetes mellitus was an accompanying complication.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology