[The mutual aggravation syndrome in pancreatic cancer and diabetes mellitus].

Examined were 27 patients with pancreatic cancer and concomitant diabetes mellitus. It was established that in women, the likelihood of pancreatic cancer development increases with the age. Obesity and cholelithiasis are also the risk factors for development of cancer of the given location. In pancreatic cancer and diabetes mellitus lasting more than 2 years which is an independent disease with a tumor developed against its background, the mutual aggravation syndrome occurs: a severe course of diabetes and increased growth of a neoplasm.