Research: Diabetics face greater risk of deadly cancer

THE mortality from cancer in people with type 2 diabetes it is increased compared to the general population, by 18% for all cancers in general, by 9% for breast cancer and by 2.4 times for colon (rectum) cancer.

These conclusions have been reached by a new British scientific study which states that compared to the general population, people with type 2 diabetes had at least one and a half times increased risk of death from bowel, pancreatic, liver and endometrial cancer.

Cancer mortality in diabetics is approx twice as much for diabetes-related cancers such as liver (for both sexes), pancreatic (both sexes) and endometrial (for women). The research highlights the need for young women with diabetes to be screened for breast cancer, especially those with a family history.

Researchers from the University of Leicester and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, led by assistant professor of epidemiology Suping Ling, who published in the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) journal Diabetologia, found that in over a 20-year period (1998-2018) breast cancer deaths increased at an average annual rate of 4.1% among young diabetic women.

The study analyzed data on nearly 138,000 people over the age of 35 who had type 2 diabetes and were followed for many years. The very obese, smokers, the elderly (over 75 years old) and men are more likely than women to die from cancer.

The researchers said, “Our findings show that cancer has probably overtaken cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in people with type 2 diabetes, especially the elderly, and highlight the need to prioritize cancer prevention in diabetics.”

The study did not include people with type 1 diabetes, but previous studies have provided evidence that they too are at greater risk of certain cancers.

See the scientific publication here:

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