Medicine

Diabetes mellitus: a risk factor for pancreatic cancer?

M. Yalnız, P. Pour

2005.2.1LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY

DOI: 10.1007/s00423-004-0469-8

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It is suggested that the reason for impaired glucose metabolism in most patients is the alteration of islet cells either by the carcinogen directly, or by diabetogenic substances released by cancer cells.

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YALNIZ, M.; POUR, P. Diabetes mellitus: A risk factor for pancreatic cancer? LANGENBECKS ARCHIVES OF SURGERY, 2005, 390: 66–72.