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Pancreatic cancer is cancer that forms in the cells of the pancreas. Pancreatic cancer starts in the tissue of your pancreas, an organ in your abdomen that sits behind the lower part of your stomach. Your pancreas releases enzymes that aid in digestion and produce hormones that help control blood sugar. Various types of growth can occur in the pancreas, including cancerous and benign tumors. The most common type of cancer that forms in the pancreas begins in the cells that line the ducts that carry digestive enzymes from the pancreas.
