Cyst and tumor of pancreas

950349 The biological significance of endocrine cellsin pancreatic carcinoma.YANG Zhulin(杨竹林),etal.Hepatobili Dis Lab.2nd Affili Hosp,Hunan Med U-niv,Changsha,410011.Chin J Pathol 1994;23(6):314-343.Endocrine cells (EC) were found in 19 out of 42 cas-es of the pancreas carcinoma (42.5%).Among them,4cases had a positive rate of EC more than 50%.Thepositive rate of EC in the well differentiated carcino-mas (5/20) was lower thna that of the poorly-differen-tiated ones (12/19) or mucinous carcinoma (2/2)。