title: Diabetes and cancer mortality: a multifaceted association.
abstract: In a large cohort of subjects with diabetes cancer mortality increased by 30%, possibly due to lower survival, reverse causality, and an etiologic role of diabetes in cancer. A two-fold increased mortality from liver and pancreatic cancer was confirmed in both genders irrespective of follow-up period or disease duration.
authors.affiliation: SER - Regional Epidemiological Department, Veneto Region, Italy. Electronic address: ugo.fedeli@regione.veneto.it.
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fedeli
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Giacomo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zoppini
authors.affiliation: SER - Regional Epidemiological Department, Veneto Region, Italy.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gennaro
authors.affiliation: SER - Regional Epidemiological Department, Veneto Region, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saugo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Cancer risk; Diabetes; Mortality