Diabetes may be an early manifestation of pancreatic cancer

(Oxford University Press USA) A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that recent-onset type 2 diabetes may be early expression of pancreatic cancer. Diabetes was associated with a more than twofold higher risk of pancreatic cancer in African-Americans and Latinos, but recent-onset diabetes was associated with a 2.3-fold greater increase in risk of pancreatic cancer than long-standing diabetes.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news