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November 2006 CME ACTIVITIES 1301

ew-Onset Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancerupta S, et al, Authors

est ID No.: 0022 Contact hours: 1.0 Expiration Date: November 30, 2007

uestion 1:

b

A 62-year-old man presents with new-onset diabetes mellitus.

e has no gastrointestinal complaints and liver chemistry re-ults are normal. His chances of developing pancreatic cancer

ver the subsequent 6 years is: d

uestion 2:

b

d

uestion 3:

b

d

uestion 4:

b

d

a. 0.5%. 1%

c. 3%

. 5%

Which of the following characteristics at the onset of diabe-es is associated with an increased incidence of subsequentancreatic cancer:

a. Obesity. Older age of presentation (eg, age 70 vs age 50)

c. Tobacco use

. Gastrointestinal symptoms

The increased incidence of pancreatic cancer is:

a. Present only within the first year after diagnosis of diabetesmellitus

. Highest within the 2 years after diagnosis of diabetes melli-tus

c. Consistent for 5 years after the diagnosis of diabetes

. Absent after 5 years after the diagnosis of diabetes

Which of the following would you advise for screening ofancreatic cancer in the 62-year-old patient noted earlier:

a. Endoscopic ultrasound. High-resolution computerized tomography scan

c. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

. No screening for pancreatic cancer