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What is a heterogeneous pancreas? does it mean pancreatic cancer?
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Pancreas: Please go online and look up "Heterogeneous pancreas". There are many articles but most, if not all, report that pancreatic cancer is very uncommon in "heterogeneous pancreas".
Answered 10/9/2018
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