Older adults undergoing cancer treatment face a hidden metabolic threat that has long slipped through the cracks of oncology care. Corticosteroids, which are woven into many chemotherapy regimens and supportive care protocols to suppress nausea, allergic reactions and immune-related toxicity, can send blood glucose soaring. For patients in their seventies and eighties, many of whom already live with diabetes, this steroid-induced hyperglycaemia …
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