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The frequency of malignant tumours found at post mortem in 14,465 non-diabetics and 1,568 diabetics was surveyed. The different incidence of cancer in the two groups was very significant from the statistical point of view but the type of treatment of diabetes did not appear to have any influence on the incidence of malignancies.
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Roštlapil, J., Zrůstová, M. Frequency of malignant tumours in diabetes mellitus. Acta diabet. lat 11, 43–45 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02581937
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02581937