Research suggests that the risk of dying from any type of cancer is 18 per cent higher among people with type 2 diabetes, compared with the general population
increased risk of developing cancer. However, the severity of the risk and how it affects mortality were unknown.at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and her colleagues looked at a database of more than 137,800 people in the UK, aged 35 or over, with type 2 diabetes.The researchers tracked whether any of the participants were diagnosed with cancer, and the outcomes of their condition, from 1998 to 2018.
and weight. Figures for the general population were taken from the Office for National Statistics and included people with and without type 2 diabetes.. Nevertheless, the results show that the participants with type 2 diabetes were 18 per cent more likely to die from any type of cancer compared with the general population.
“People with type 2 diabetes are living longer and as a result their bodies are exposed to insulin resistance for longer, which increases their risk of cancer,” says Ling.The results also show that breast cancer mortality was 9 per cent higher among the participants with type 2 diabetes. This increased by 4.1 per cent per year among the younger participants, defined as those aged 55 at the start of the study.
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