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stage 0 pancreatic carcinoma in situ (...PAN-kree-A-tik KAR-sih-NOH-muh in SY-too)

 Abnormal cells are found in the lining of the pancreas. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue.

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