摘要
Pancreatic cancer(PC)is often associated with a poor prognosis.Long-standing diabetes mellitus is considered as an important risk factor for its development.This risk can be modified by the use of certain antidiabetic medications.On the other hand,new-onset diabetes can signal towards an underlying PC in the elderly population.Recently,several attempts have been made to develop an effective clinical tool for PC screening using a combination of history of new-onset diabetes and several other clinical and biochemical markers.On the contrary,diabetes affects the survival after treatment for PC.We describe this intimate and complex two-way relationship of diabetes and PC in this review by exploring the underlying pathogenesis.
