Related clinical characteristics of diabetes patients suffering from pancreatic cancer / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To observe and analyze clinical characteristics of diabetes patients suffering from pancreatic cancer . Methods We recruited 107 cases of pancreatic cancer(66 without diabetes and 41 with diabetes) and 100 diabetes patients without pancreatic pancreas as control .Patients′ demographic information ,degree of tumor differentiation ,serum markers etc .were com‐pared in order to find out the relevant clinical features of diabetes patients suffering from pancreatic cancer .Results (1)Patients with pancreatic cancer mostly were middle‐aged males .55 .1% of them suffering from dysglycemia ,18(16 .8% ) and 41(38 .3% ) of whom had impaired fasting glucose and diabetes ,respectively .(2)Compared with their without diabetes counterparts ,pancreatic cancer with diabetes were more prone to be asymptomatic and weight loss(P< 0 .05) .(3)Compared with their without diabetes counterparts ,pancreatic cancer with diabetes had significantly higher levels of fasting blood glucose(FBG) andγ‐glutamyltranspep‐tidase(γ‐GT)(P<0 .05) .(4)When compared with diabetes control ,pancreatic cancer with diabetes were older and shorter duration and lower body mass index(BMI)(P<0 .05) .They were more prone to weight loss(P<0 .05) .Moreover ,serum CA19‐9 and CEA levels in them were significantly higher than those in the diabetes control(P<0 .05) .Conclusion Older age ,shorter duration ,low BMI are all risk factors for diabetes patients to develop pancreatic cancer .Being asymptomatic and weight loss are their clinical characteristics .CA19‐9 and CEA are both sensitive serum markers to detect pancreatic cancer patients with diabetes .