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World J Diabetes. Apr 15, 2024; 15(4): 645-653
Published online Apr 15, 2024. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v15.i4.645
Influence of blood glucose fluctuations on chemotherapy efficacy and safety in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients complicated with lung carcinoma
Tian-Zheng Fang, Xian-Qiao Wu, Ting-Qi Zhao, Shan-Shan Wang, Guo-Mei-Zhi Fu, Qing-Long Wu, Cheng-Wei Zhou
Tian-Zheng Fang, Xian-Qiao Wu, Guo-Mei-Zhi Fu, Qing-Long Wu, Cheng-Wei Zhou, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315020, Zhejiang Province, China
Ting-Qi Zhao, Department of Endocrine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315020, Zhejiang Province, China
Shan-Shan Wang, Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, Ningbo 315020, Zhejiang Province, China
Co-first authors: Tian-Zheng Fang and Xian-Qiao Wu.
Author contributions: Fang TZ and Wu XQ contributed equally to this work and are co-first authors; Fang TZ, Wu XQ and Zhou CW conceived and designed the study; Fang TZ, Wu XQ, Zhao TQ, Wang SS, Fu GMZ, Wu QL and Zhou CW guided the study; Fang TZ, Wu XQ collected the clinical date; Fang TZ, Wu XQ and Zhou CW analyzed the data; and all authors drafted and revised the manuscript.
Supported by Chronic Disease Management Center for Thoracic Tumor, The Affiliated Hospital of Medical School of Ningbo University, No. 2021MGZX-07; and Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo, No. 2019A610238.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University.
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Cheng-Wei Zhou, MM, Doctor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Ningbo University, No. 247 Renmin Road, Jiangbei District, Ningbo 315020, Zhejiang Province, China. nbzhouchengwei@163.com
Received: November 21, 2023
Peer-review started: November 21, 2023
First decision: December 5, 2023
Revised: December 15, 2023
Accepted: February 21, 2024
Article in press: February 21, 2024
Published online: April 15, 2024
Core Tip

Core Tip: Controlling hyperglycemia may have important therapeutic implications for cancer patients. In this study, we seek to clarify the influence of blood glucose fluctuations on chemotherapy efficacy and safety in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients complicated with lung carcinoma.