Le pancreas he kino digestive ma kahi o 15 knm ka lōʻihi, moe hohonu i loko o ka ʻōpū, ma hope o ka ʻōpū a paʻa i ka duodenum ʻo ia ka ʻāpana mua o ka ʻōpū liʻiliʻi.

- Pili i ka digestion ma ka hūnā ʻana nā enzymespancréatiques. ʻO kēia kāna hana i kapa ʻia exocrine.

- He mea nui ia i ka hoʻokau ʻana i ka pae o ka glucose i loko o ke koko e kāna huna ʻana i nā homone e like me insulin a glucagon. ʻO kāna hana kēia hopena.

Le pancreatic maʻi 'aʻai ma muli o ke hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o a tumo malignant, ʻo ia hoʻi ka hoʻolaha maʻamau o nā hunaola maʻi ʻaʻai e hoʻolaha paha i nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ke kino. Ma luna o 95% o nā tumre pancreatic e hoʻopili i ka wahi kahi o ka hana exocrine pancreas, ʻo ia hoʻi, ka mea e hana i nā enzyme pancreatic e pono ai no ka digestion. ʻO kēia mau adenocarcinomas. Hāʻawi wale ʻia kēia pale i kēia ʻano tumo.

ʻAʻole pili kēia dossier me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka maʻi ʻaʻai pancreatic, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia manawa, nā neuroendocrine tumors (2 a 3% o nā kūpale pancreatic), cystadenocarcinoma (1% o nā maʻi kūpale pancreatic), a me nā mea ʻē aʻe e like me pancreatoblastomas, oncocytomas malignant, acinar tumors , a me nā ʻano carcinomas like ʻole.

Hoʻolālā a me ka laha

Loaʻa nā maʻi ʻaʻai Pancreatic ma kahi o 2% o nā maʻi ʻaʻai hou i ʻike ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma Kanada. I Palani, helu ʻia ka nui o nā hihia hou o ka maʻi ʻaʻai pancreatic i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma kahi o 9000. Pili ia i nā kāne a me nā wahine, a me ka hapa nui o ka poʻe he 50 a ʻoi paha makahiki.