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But Mr. Jobs had what is called a neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor, a type that accounts for fewer than 5% of pancreatic cancers and, experts say, differs substantially from the more common kind.
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It is a rare type of cancer called pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor that afflicts the hormone producing islet cells in the pancreas.
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"The two different types have fairly dramatically different clinical behaviors, " said Matthew Kulke, director of the carcinoid and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor program at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
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Statistics for pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, a rare tumor type that is not as aggressive as standard pancreatic cancer, are murkier and less reliable given how few patients there are.
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Abraxane, a cancer chemotherapy made by Celgene, slowed tumor growth and cut the risk of death in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer, according to results that will be presented at a conference on gastrointestinal tumors being held by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
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Michaela Banck, a pancreatic cancer expert at Mayo Clinic, said there are two reasons to undergo surgery for such a tumor.
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Its sales are modest right now, but Novartis hopes to make it into a billion-dollar best seller by getting it approved in numerous other tumor types, including breast cancer, stomach cancer, lymphoma and certain rare types of pancreatic tumors.
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