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Gullo, Lucio; Pezzilli, Raffaele; Morselli-Labate, Antonio Maria
The New England journal of medicine, 07/1994, Letnik: 331, Številka: 2Journal Article
Diabetes mellitus is known to occur more frequently in patients with pancreatic cancer than in the general population, 1 – 6 and it has repeatedly been claimed that diabetes is a risk factor for the tumor 6 – 18 . The increased frequency of diabetes in patients with pancreatic cancer is well established, 19 , 20 but the nature of this association is unknown 21 . A relevant question is whether diabetes in patients with pancreatic cancer represents a preexisting condition or whether it is secondary to the tumor. A corollary of this question is whether diabetes is a risk factor for pancreatic cancer. Several studies have . . .
