High glucose creates all kinds of stresses on the body (as a diabetic I get more easily ill when glucose levels are high) but I would not be surprised if cancer has some kind of operational working like pregnancy related diabetes which then causes the high glucose levels and accelerates everything even more.
But: High glucose levels do not cause diabetes. Diabetes causes high glucose levels. Once they go up you need treatment as you either have no insulin or are producing not enough and need to mediate that. Both are diabetes.
>I would not be surprised if cancer has some kind of operational working like pregnancy related diabetes which then causes the high glucose levels and accelerates everything even more.
Ding ding ding. My wife's blood glucose levels went from normal 90's range to averaging around 120 over the summer to averaging close to 200 last December. Her liver had a heavy disease burden, and my understanding based on my own research (because none of her doctors would address it) is that this can affect insulin sensitivity, which in turn can cause elevated blood sugar. This does not seem to be a dominant effect, however, and can go the other way as well.
When it does create hyperglycemia though, it also creates an unfortunate feedback loop in that the elevated blood sugar levels can increase the cancer progression, compounding the effect.
But: High glucose levels do not cause diabetes. Diabetes causes high glucose levels. Once they go up you need treatment as you either have no insulin or are producing not enough and need to mediate that. Both are diabetes.