AMSTERDAM—People with diabetes have an increased risk of developing and dying from certain cancers, according to a meta-analysis with two million patients reported at the 2013 European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam. Researchers found a 23% increased risk of developing breast cancer among those with (mainly Type II) diabetes and a 38% increased risk of dying from it, compared to patients without the disease. In the study it was found that diabetes also conferred a 26% increased risk of developing colon cancer and a 30% increased risk of dying from that. Lead investigator Kristin De Bruijn from Erasmus University Medical Center, in Rotterdam, Netherlands, discussed her findings with AudioMedica.com
Diabetes increases risk of breast and colon cancer
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