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* Adenocarcinoma
** Most common malignant tumor of the pancreas
** Accounts for approximately 85 percent % of all pancreatic tumors
** Patients are commonly women in the 6th and 7th decades of life
** Prognosis is poor *** 90 percent % of patients die within a year of diagnosis
** Association with cigarette smoking, high fat diet, and diabetes mellitus
** Triad of weight loss, pain, and jaundice