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Pancreatic Adenosquamous Carcinoma
A carcinoma that arises from the pancreas showing both ductal and squamous differentiation. The squamous component should represent at least 30% of the malignant cellular infiltrate. The prognosis is usually worse than that of ductal adenocarcinoma. (NCI Thesaurus)
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