Impact of diabetes and hyperglycemia on health care utilization, infection risk, and survival in patients with cancer receiving glucocorticoids with chemotherapy

Glucocorticoids are commonly used in chemotherapy regimens and may lead to hyperglycemia and increased infection rates. We performed a retrospective analysis on 1781 patients who received intravenous chemotherapy with glucocorticoids between 2010 and 2015. Data was obtained using electronic medical record, billing modules, and tumor registry. We compared new infections and survival between patients with and without diabetes, after adjusting for...