Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aims: In vitro studies on breast cancer cell lines showed that the serum of diabetic patients was stronger mitogenic when using glargine as compared to other types of insulin. The aim of this retrospective study was to examine if the patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) using insulin glargine have a higher tumor stage of breast carcinoma in comparison to patients using other types of insulin.Patients and Methods: Altogether 174 pati...