Does diabetes mellitus affect presentation, stage and survival in operable pancreatic cancer?

• Published in: Hepatobiliary surgery and nutrition Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 38 - 42
• Main Authors: Chia, Clement L K, Lee, Anthea Y S, Shelat, Vishal G, Ahmed, Saleem, Junnarkar, Sameer P, Woon, Winston W L, Low, Jee-Keem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China (Republic : 1949- ) AME Publishing Company 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Original; Diabetes mellitus (DM); pancreatic cancer

The aim of the study is to investigate differences in clinical presentation, disease stage and survival of operable pancreatic cancer patients with new onset DM compared to long standing diabetes mellitus (DM) and non diabetics. A prospectively maintained pancreatic cancer surgery database of a tert...