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Studying the patterns of weight loss and increases in blood sugar can predict the development of pancreatic cancer at earlier and more treatable stages.  Researchers at UK’s University of Surrey compared with patterns of change in body mass indices (BMIs) and hemoglobin A1c levels (HbA1c) for 8777 patients ultimately diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and compared them with 34, 979 controls.

 

A drop in BMIs occurred a year before cancer diagnosis and an increase in HbA1c occurred 2 years proper to diagnosis.  These changes remained statistically significant for 2 to 3 years before actual cancer diagnosis.  A decrease in BMI was a stronger predictor of pancreatic cancer in diabetics than in non-diabetics.

 

Carefully following these weight and blood sugar trends will trigger pancreatic cancer screening at a point when aggressive surgical and medical therapy will be more successful.  Most pancreatic cancer is diagnosed too late.

 

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275369

 

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