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TreasonousBastard

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2. Not really-- from the story, it appears more likely that undiagnosed pancreatic cancer...

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 3, 2017, 01:36 AM

Feb 2017

is the cause of type 2 diabetes. When the diabetes gets bad enough to demand more aggressive therapies, it's often the previously hidden cancer causing it.

So, it looks like the therapy caused the cancer, but it's really the other way around.

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Diabetics May Have Hidden Pancreatic Cancer [View all] kerouac2 Feb 2017 OP

So the treatment for type 2 diabetes could be creating pancreatic cancer?????????? n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #1

Not really-- from the story, it appears more likely that undiagnosed pancreatic cancer... TreasonousBastard Feb 2017 #2

ty for that clarification..... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2017 #8

Possibly "reverse causation" Granny M Feb 2017 #3

This is what happened to my grandmother. My father said she had a sudden, pnwmom Feb 2017 #4

My wife is another example central scrutinizer Feb 2017 #5

So sorry scrutinizer Bayard Feb 2017 #10

Wow! Very scary!! n/t Coventina Feb 2017 #6

My boss became a diabetic rather suddenly and then died of pancreatic cancer 6 months later kimbutgar Feb 2017 #7

this is really good to know.... dhill926 Feb 2017 #9