Diabetes
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University Report Recent Findings in Diabetes
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 21st, 2011
2011 JUN 21 -- According to recent research from Baltimore, United States, "Although half of all patients with pancreatic cancer are diabetic at the time of diagnosis, it remains unclear whether the diabetes associated with pancreatic cancer is a cause or an effect of the malignancy. Epidemiologic studies were reviewed, the geographic prevalence of diabetes and the incidence of pancreatic cancer were examined, and clinical and laboratory studies were reviewed."
"Long-standing diabetes increases the risk of pancreatic cancer by 40% to 100%, and recent-onset diabetes is associated with a 4- to 7-fold increase in risk, such that 1% to 2% of patients with...
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