[Diabetes mellitus and cancer]. / Sakharnyi diabet i rak.

There is evidence on infrequent cases of combined occurrence of cancer and diabetes mellitus (DM). The latter is likely to inhibit malignant growth (W. Rhomberg, G. Jorns, M. A. Kunitsina) as shown by reduced number of metastases and recurrences, especially in noninsulin-dependent DM, longer survival. Presence of cancer, in its turn, diminishes DM manifestations. Radical removal of the tumor promoted rapid DM decompensation. Cancer prognosis in DM presence is dependent on the anatomo-morphological pattern of the lesion and DM type.