Cheng YX, Tao W, Zhang W, Peng D. Letter to editor ‘Gastroenteropathy in gastric cancer patients concurrent with diabetes mellitus’. World J Diabetes 2021; 12(11): 1967-1968 [PMID: 34888020 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v12.i11.1967]
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Dong Peng, PhD, Doctor, Surgeon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China. carry_dong@126.com
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
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Letter to the Editor
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World J Diabetes. Nov 15, 2021; 12(11): 1967-1968 Published online Nov 15, 2021. doi: 10.4239/wjd.v12.i11.1967
Letter to editor ‘Gastroenteropathy in gastric cancer patients concurrent with diabetes mellitus’
Yu-Xi Cheng, Wei Tao, Wei Zhang, Dong Peng
Yu-Xi Cheng, Wei Tao, Wei Zhang, Dong Peng, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
Author contributions: All authors wrote and edited the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest.
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Corresponding author: Dong Peng, PhD, Doctor, Surgeon, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No. 1 Youyi Road, Yuanjiagang, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, China. carry_dong@126.com
Received: June 11, 2021 Peer-review started: June 11, 2021 First decision: July 15, 2021 Revised: July 24, 2021 Accepted: September 30, 2021 Article in press: September 30, 2021 Published online: November 15, 2021 Processing time: 157 Days and 4.9 Hours
Abstract
The present letter to the editor is related to the study titled “Diabetic gastroenteropathy: An underdiagnosed complication”. Diabetic gastroenteropathy contributes to a decline in quality of life. In addition, gastroenteropathy is generally observed in patients with concurrent gastric cancer and diabetes mellitus before surgery, and the occurrence of the symptoms might be due not only to cancer but also to the complications of diabetes mellitus.
Core Tip: This letter to the editor serves to analyze the relationship among gastric cancer, diabetes mellitus (DM), and gastroenteropathy, and the occurrence of the symptoms might be due not only to cancer but also to the complications of DM. In our clinical center, some of the symptoms of gastroenteropathy were in remission after gastrectomy. The reason might be radical resection of the malignant tumor. Another reason we hypothesized was DM remission after gastrectomy.
