Patients with pancreatic cysts are at increased risk for pancreatic cancer if they also have diabetes mellitus. A new study shows that the greatest risk is among patients who develop diabetes after they develop the cyst.
Among patients with at least one low-risk pancreatic cyst, the study showed that the five-year rate of progression to pancreatic cancer was 2.2%, but the risk was twice as high in those with a history of diabetes and three times greater in those who developed diabetes after the