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A Pilot Study Evaluating Steroid-Induced Diabetes after Antiemetic Dexamethasone Therapy in Chemotherapy-Treated Cancer Patients

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2016

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Yusook Jeong, Hye Sook Han, Hyo Duk Lee, Jiyoul Yang, Jiwon Jeong, Moon Ki Choi, Jihyun Kwon, Hyun‐Jung Jeon, Taekeun Oh, Ki Hyeong Lee,
Cancer Research and Treatment

Abstract

We suggest that development of steroid-induced diabetes after antiemetic dexamethasone therapy occurs in approximately 20% of non-diabetic cancer patients; this is particularly significant for patients receiving high doses of dexamethasone.

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