Pancreatic Acinar Cell Tumors: Pancreatic acinar cell tumors are a rare type of tumor that develops from acinar cells in the pancreas. Normal acinar cells secrete enzymes and hence acinar cells in the tumor will also usually secrete additional enzymes - mostly lipase. This type of tumor usually occurs in old age. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Pancreatic Acinar Cell Tumors is available below.
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Prognosis for Pancreatic Acinar Cell Tumors: The cancer is quite rare so prognosis statistics are still unclear but some reports indicate that patients with stage I or II cancer survive an average of 3 years whereas those with stage III or IV survive an average of 14 months.
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