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Pancreatic Carcinoma with Mixed Differentiation
A rare carcinoma with a poor prognosis, characterized by the presence of a mixture of exocrine and neuroendocrine malignant epithelial cells in both the pancreas and metastatic sites. Symptoms include jaundice, abdominal pain, and weight loss. (NCI Thesaurus)
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