Abstract:Diabetes mellitus is often associated with a risk of developing some types of cancer. The association between head and neck cancers and diabetes as well as prognosis and treatment tolerance remains a controversy. Acute toxicities associated with treatment may be amplifi ed by the presence of comorbidities, including hypertension, diabetes and collagen diseases. Another factor implicated in the treatment tolerance is also the limitation by the presence of hyperglycemia of the corticosteroids dose used for the c… Show more
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