Diabetes Trajectory and Pancreatic Cancer Detection in Patients with Diabetes: A Nationwide Survey Through Japan Diabetes Society-Certified Facilities
Atsushi Masamune, Yuichi Tanaka, Yu Tanaka, Tetsuya Takikawa, Yasumasa Sekino, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Yoichiro Asai, Hideki Katagiri, Kohjiro Ueki, Kazuhiro Kikuta · 2026
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Atsushi Masamune and co-authors survey in this 2026 study how pancreatic cancer gets found in people with diabetes across Japan. New diabetes can be a first clue, but worsening control of old diabetes may warn as well. Certified diabetes centers reported 2,291 patients with both diseases from 2017 to 2021, and the team sorted how each cancer came to light and at what stage.
Cancers found through diabetes clues were far more often early stage and far less often stage four than those found by symptoms. Most patients with worsening old diabetes were diagnosed within three months of the slide. Weight loss often came with it. The authors see diabetes visits as a watch post for this deadly cancer.
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| CREATOR | Atsushi Masamune, Yuichi Tanaka, Yu Tanaka, Tetsuya Takikawa, Yasumasa Sekino, Ryotaro Matsumoto, Yoichiro Asai, Hideki Katagiri, Kohjiro Ueki, Kazuhiro Kikuta |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |