Comparisons between diabetic and non-diabetic patients diagnosed with prostate cancer in China： a retrospective study

• Published in: Chinese medical journal Vol. 126; no. 14; pp. 2786 - 2787
• Main Authors: Zhang, Min, Zhang, Nan, Li, Xue-song, Gai, Jun-wei, Wahafu, Wasilijiang, Ji, Shi-qi, Zhang, Xiao-yu, Guo, Zhong-qiong, Zhou, Li-qun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Institute of Urology, Peking University 01.07.2013; Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital; National Urological Cancer Center,Beijing 100034, China%Department of Urology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, China%Department of Urology, China People's Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China%Department of Urology, Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100015, China
• Subjects: Aged; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Grading; Prostate-Specific Antigen - blood; Prostatic Neoplasms - blood; Prostatic Neoplasms - etiology; Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology; Retrospective Studies; 中国; 健康问题; 前列腺癌; 危险性; 患者; 糖尿病; 胰腺癌; 诊断; serum prostate-specific antigen; prostatic neoplasms; diabetes mellitus,type 2
• ISSN: 0366-6999; 2542-5641
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123606

Diabetes mellitus （DM） is a considerably common public health problem, which is associated with severecomplications. In China, considerably increasing people are diagnosed as DM each year. It has been reported that DM has an increased risk of several neoplasm, notably cancer of the pancreatic, liver, breast, bladder and colon.1 However,