Monday, 11 June 2012

Dr Good Dr BAd: A diabetic with cancer came for chemotherapy.


Situation: A diabetic with cancer came for chemotherapy.
Dr Bad: Diabetics have good response to chemotherapy.
Dr Good: Diabetics respond poorly to chemotherapy.
Lesson: Diabetes is associated with an increase in mortality and poor response rates to cancer chemotherapy (Int J Diab Dev Ctries 2007;27:122–8).

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