disease interaction(s) of diabetes mellitus with cancer

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Complications

  • patients with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk for cancer limited to the time periods before & immediately after a diabetes diagnosis
    • highest risk period within the first 3 months after a diabetes diagnosis, suggesting a partial role of detection bias[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lega IC Wilton AS, Austin PC et al The temporal relationship between diabetes and cancer: A population-based study. Cancer. Ju;y 11, 2016 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27400035 <Internet> http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.30095/abstract