Are there different types of pancreatic cancer?
The most common type of pancreatic cancer comes from part of the pancreas that produces the digestive juice and is called ductal adenocarcinoma.This is the type that this leafl et is referring to. Most (90%) of these pancreatic cancers are found in the head of the pancreas.There are other less common types (endocrine/neuroendocrine tumours) which come from the parts of the pancreas that produce hormones, and cancers can also arise from the bile duct as it passes through the pancreas or as it empties into the duodenum.
