New-onset diabetes in adults older than 50 years of age could be a manifestation of pancreatic cancer, with increasing glucose levels starting months before a cancer diagnosis, according to new research.
When coupled with weight loss, the risk for underlying pancreatic cancer increases to a level similar to that found when a person has a family history of pancreatic cancer, said Suresh Chari, MD, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at the The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer