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Diabetes UP’S Cancer
Death Risk
posted 07/19/04
New research suggests diabetes
increases the risk of death from pancreatic, colon, liver, breast and bladder
cancer. Moreover, this holds true even after accounting for obesity, which is
common among diabetics and is a well-known risk factor for cancer.
Several studies have suggested that diabetes mellitus may alter the risk of
developing a variety of cancers, and the associations are biologically
plausible," Dr. Steven S. Coughlin, from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues point out
To investigate further, the researchers examined the relationship between
diabetes and death from cancer in a group of 467,922 men and 588,321 women who
were cancer-free when the study began in 1982.
After 16 years of follow-up, the authors uncovered a link between diabetes and
death from colon and pancreatic cancers.
In addition, in men, diabetes seemed to increase the death risk from liver and
bladder cancers, whereas in women an association with death from breast cancer
was seen.
The researchers note that study had a number of limitations, but conclude that
the findings "may help to clarify cancer risks for men and women with a history
of diabetes mellitus."
Source: Diabetes In Control.com:
American Journal of Epidemiology, June 15, 2004.
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