Correlation of Diabetes, Salivary Gland Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer with Iodine and Cesium Radionuclides

Review Article

Austin J Gastroenterol. 2023; 10(1): 1121.

Correlation of Diabetes, Salivary Gland Cancer and Pancreatic Cancer with Iodine and Cesium Radionuclides

Sebastiano Venturi*

Department of Hygiene, 61016-Rimini, Italy

*Corresponding author: Sebastiano Venturi Department of Hygiene, 61016-Rimini, Italy. Email: dr.venturi.sebastiano@gmail.com

Received: May 16, 2023 Accepted: June 16, 2023 Published: June 23, 2023

Keywords: Diabetes; Salivary gland and Pancreatic Cancer; Radio-iodine and Radio-cesium

Oral and salivary health in the medicine of past centuries was considered a mirror of the health of the whole organism and a tool of great consideration in semeiotics and diagnostics, in particular, of the digestive system diseases. Recent studies confirmed that oral health is of fundamental importance for many systemic pathologies. Oral diseases, which are highly prevalent worldwide, are present in many human diseases: cardiovascular, infections, diabetes complications, pancreatic cancer, etc. [1]. This review reports the role of iodine and cesium, two important elements in the human organism. The author reports previous studies of the antioxidant role of iodine, and of carcinogen action of radio-iodine and radio- cesium in correlation with Pancreatic (PC), Thyroid (TC) and Salivary Gland Cancers (SGC) and with radioactive fallout [2-4]. Acinar cells of salivary glands and the exocrine pancreas have similar histological and biochemical feature, secreting same amylase enzymes, cesium, iodides. The worldwide death rate of PC, diabetes, Salivary Gland Cancer (SGC) and TC are increasing, but the exact cause is still not known. In particular, it has been shown that radio-iodine released from Chernobyl caused an increase in the incidence of TC, diabetes and oral diseases in the former Soviet Union and in Fukushima, but TC mortality rates are generally low. PC mortality is also increased in the U.S.A. [5,6]. SGC and PC death rate increase more than that of other cancers because, unlike many other cancers, PC is still hardly curable. The worldwide environmental radio-cesium is strongly suspected and investigated for these increases of PC, pancreatitis with secondary diabetes (type 3c) by damage of the beta cells of pancreatic islets and also of salivary gland cancer and oral diseases [7-11].