Scientists confirm diabetes link with cancer
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dr. ohkuma and his colleagues discovered not only that diabetes both type 1 and type 2 put people at risk of developing specific types of cancer but also that this risk is much higher for women than it is for men1 a major new study has confirmed the link between diabetes and cancer. the new research also warns that the risk of cancer is sex-specific in people with diabetes1 now a review analyzing the data collected by 47 studies from across the globe including the united states united kingdom china australia and japan to name but a few confirms beyond doubt that diabetes heightens the risk for cancer1 the study authors note that women with diabetes are especially affected. they appear to be more exposed than men to the development of malign tumors1 the findings of this global review which assessed the health-related data of almost 20 million people are discussed in a paper now published in the journal diabetologia1 the review was conducted by researchers led by dr. toshiaki ohkuma from the george institute for global health at the university of new south wales in sydney australia1 his colleagues hailed from the university of oxford in the u.k. and johns hopkins university in baltimore md1 the study suggests that a diagnosis of diabetes places a person at an increased risk of various types of cancer1 women with diabetes are 27 percent likelier to develop cancer compared with healthy women. by contrast men with diabetes are 19 percent more likely to develop cancer than healthy men1 and women with diabetes are 6 percent likelier than men with the same diagnosis to develop a type of cancer1 specifically in contrast to men with a diagnosis of diabetes women with this condition have an 11 percent higher risk of developing kidney cancer a 13 percent higher risk for oral cancer and a 14 percent higher chance of developing stomach cancer as well as a 15 percent higher chance of being diagnosed with leukemia1 one exception was liver cancer for which men with diabetes have a 12 percent higher risk than women with the same metabolic condition1 we have also demonstrated for the first time he adds that women with diabetes are more likely to develop any form of cancer and have a significantly higher chance of developing kidney oral and stomach cancers and leukemia1 first published by medical news today1