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Pre-Diabetes Increases Colon Cancer Risk

Posted: Friday, April 16, 2004

As people get fatter, their bodies begin to resist the effects of insulin. To compensate, their pancreases make more and more of the sugar-lowering stuff. Ma and colleagues now show that people whose bodies make the most insulin because of insulin resistance have the highest risk of colon cancer.

High Blood Sugars and Insulin Levels, Increase Risk For Colon Cancer

Posted: Friday, February 13, 2004

"The growing recognition that colorectal cancer may be promoted by hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance suggests that a diet inducing high blood glucose levels and an elevated insulin response may contribute to a metabolic environment conducive to tumor growth," write Susan Higginbotham and colleagues from the University of California at Los Angeles.