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Erschienen in: Diabetologia 9/2014

01.09.2014 | Letter

Mortality after cancer among patients with diabetes mellitus: effect of diabetes duration and treatment: (questionable) classification of diabetic patients based on combination of specific glucose-lowering drugs

verfasst von: Sarah E. Holden, Christian A. Bannister, Craig J. Currie

Erschienen in: Diabetologia | Ausgabe 9/2014

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To the Editor: We read the article by Ranc and colleagues with interest [1]; however, we have concerns about its value. This large-scale study investigated the differences in survival following incident cancer in people with and without diabetes, accounting for diabetes treatment and diabetes duration. …
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Titel
Mortality after cancer among patients with diabetes mellitus: effect of diabetes duration and treatment: (questionable) classification of diabetic patients based on combination of specific glucose-lowering drugs
verfasst von
Sarah E. Holden
Christian A. Bannister
Craig J. Currie
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2014
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Diabetologia / Ausgabe 9/2014
Print ISSN: 0012-186X
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-0428
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-014-3281-1

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