Open AccessGlycemic control was associated with nonprostate cancer and overall mortalities in diabetic patients with prostate cancer
Author(s) -
Chih-Chung Lin,
Mingfen Wu,
Yen-Lin Chang,
Wayne HueyHerng Sheu,
Wen-Shyong Liou
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of the chinese medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1728-7731
pISSN - 1726-4901
DOI - 10.1097/jcma.0000000000000623
Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , diabetes mellitus , hazard ratio , prostate cancer , proportional hazards model , cancer , confounding , gastroenterology , endocrinology , confidence interval
Diabetes mellitus (DM) can worsen the prognosis or survival in prostate cancer (PC) patients. We investigated whether glycemic control impacts mortality in PC patients with existing diabetes.