Radiologic Staging Of Pancreatic Cancer
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Michelle Lee<br />
Gillian Lieberman, MD<br />
Physiology of the Pancreas<br />
• Endocrine function: metabolism<br />
– Islets of Langerhans cells make glucagon,<br />
insulin, gastrin<br />
– also somatostatin, pancreatic polypeptide, VIP<br />
• Exocrine function: digestion<br />
– acinar cells make amylase, lipase, trypsinogen,<br />
procarboxypeptidase<br />
– ductal cells make Na + HCO -<br />
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