Clinical epidemiological analysis of the relationship between pancreatic cancer and diabetes mellitus: Data from a single institution in China

OBJECTIVE:  To investigate the relationship between pancreatic cancer (PC) and diabetes mellitus. METHODS:  All PC patients diagnosed and treated at Zhongshan hospital from January 1991 to December 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. During this period, 770 non‐digestive tract, non‐neoplastic and no...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of digestive diseases 2009-02, Vol.10 (1), p.26-29
Hauptverfasser: KUANG, Tian Tao, JIN, Da Yong, WANG, Dan Song, XU, Xue Feng, NI, Xiao Ling, WU, Wen Chuan, LOU, Wen Hui
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVE:  To investigate the relationship between pancreatic cancer (PC) and diabetes mellitus. METHODS:  All PC patients diagnosed and treated at Zhongshan hospital from January 1991 to December 2007 were retrospectively analyzed. During this period, 770 non‐digestive tract, non‐neoplastic and non‐hormone‐related patients matched for sex and age were collected as controls. The incidence of diabetes mellitus between the two groups was compared. RESULTS:  Between the PC group and the control group, sex and age of the patients were well matched. The incidence of diabetes mellitus was 34.63% in the PC group and 8.83% in the control group (P 
ISSN:1751-2972
1751-2980
DOI:10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00359.x