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Fasting or Random Glucose Testing? Navigating the New Rules for Cancer Therapy–Induced Hyperglycemia

Healthcare professional performing glucose testing on a cancer patient receiving treatment, illustrating monitoring for cancer therapy–induced hyperglycemia during oncology care.

As cancer treatment becomes increasingly sophisticated, clinicians are encountering a growing metabolic challenge. Cancer therapy–induced hyperglycemia has emerged as an important concern with the expanding use of immunotherapies and targeted therapies. In some patients, hyperglycemia develops gradually. In others, particularly those receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors, severe diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis …

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