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'Diabetes increases cancer risk'

Read more about 'Diabetes increases cancer risk' on Business Standard. Diabetics are at an increased risk of cancer, warns a study. It also suggests that diabetes is linked with poorer survival following a cancer diagnosis

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'Diabetes increases cancer risk'

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  1. 'Diabetes increases cancer risk' Diabetics are at an increased risk of cancer, warns a study. It also suggests that diabetes is linked with poorer survival following a cancer diagnosis. Diabetics are at an increased risk of cancer, warns a study. It also suggests that diabetes is linked with poorer survival following a cancer diagnosis.For the most common cancers, individuals with diabetes face a 20 percent greater risk of developing colorectal cancer and a five percent higher risk of breast cancer compared with their diabetes-free counterparts. People with diabetes already diagnosed with cancer also fare worse, with a 25 percent and 29 percent higher chance of dying following a breast and prostate cancer diagnosis (respectively) than their peers without diabetes.Hulda Hrund Bjornsdottir, from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR), Sweden, and colleagues found that diabetes was associated with 11 out of the 12 specific types of cancer investigated in the study.The authors emphasise that although the relative risk of cancer is increased after diabetes, the absolute risk increase is low.

  2. "Our findings do not suggest that everyone who has diabetes will go on to develop cancer in later life," said Bjornsdottir. The findings also suggest that cancers of the pancreas and lung are a growing problem in people with type 2 diabetes. Over a 10 year period, diabetics showed a 38 percent greater increase in new cases of pancreatic cancer, a 30 percent greater increase in lung cancer incidence, whereas there was a 26 percent decrease in uterus cancer incidence compared to their peers without diabetes. For the other cancer types highlighted by the authors, incidence remained similar in people with and without diabetes over the study period. "Diabetes and cancer share certain risk factors that might contribute to these associations including obesity, smoking and diet are examples of likely key factors," said Bjornsdottir.The findings were presented at European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting. ARTICLE SOURCE- BUSINESS STANDARD/ BS

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