Abstract:Pancreatic carcinoma (PaC) is a rare disease with one of the highest mortality rates and a continuously increasing incidence. Surgery is the only possibility as a curative treatment, but, unfortunately, the tumor is often diagnosed in an inoperative stage because of its asymptomatic/aspecific progression. Until now, there is no feasible screening method for early-stage sporadic PaC. This article aims to review the connection between PaC and diabetes mellitus (DM), the potential screening group for PaC; to inve… Show more
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