Increased Prevalence of Diabetes and Obesity in Patients With Salivary Gland Tumors
- Zsuzsanna Suba, PHD,
- József Barabás, PHD,
- György Szabó, DSC,
- Daniel Takács and
- Márta Ujpál, PHD
- From the Semmelweis University Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Budapest, Hungary
- Address correspondence to Dr. Márta Ujpál, Semmelweis University, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mária Str. 52., H-1085 Budapest, Hungary. E-mail: suba{at}szajseb.sote.hu
It has been recently revealed that type 2 diabetes is a risk factor for tumorous proliferation at different sites (1). Breast and colon cancers were the first tumors for which an epidemiological correlation was demonstrated between this glucose metabolism disorder and tumor incidence (2). The “western lifestyle,” first of all obesity, increases the risk of not only type 2 diabetes but also of overall cancer promotion (3).
Swelling of the parotids and a decreased salivary flow rate caused by degenerative alterations in the acinar cells are common concomitants of diabetes and dyslipidemias (4,5). However, no data …
