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Cancer increases risk of developing diabetes, says study

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Cancer increases risk of developing diabetes, says study
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Washington (US), June 6: Cancer patients are at a greater risk of developing diabetes, suggests a new study published in the journal 'Diabetes Care'. Cancer is the biggest cause of death in Denmark, a country with a population of about 6 million people. More than 45,000 cancer cases were diagnosed in 2019 alone. Fortunately, the most current figures show that cancer survival in Denmark has increased significantly. Nonetheless, lingering impacts and complications reduce many survivors' quality of life. Higher diabetes risk is linked with certain types of cancer. As a result of a collaboration between researchers from Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet and the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports at the University of Copenhagen a new study found that a cancer diagnosis was linked with an elevated risk of developing diabetes.
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Cancer linked to higher diabetes risk The study is based on the use of unique epidemiological data from the CopLab Database, which is kept by the Center for General Practice at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Public Health. Also Read | Tamil Nadu: 12 test positive for Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 Certain types of cancer were more likely to increase this risk than others. Associate Professor Lykke Sylow of the University of Copenhagen's Department of Nutrition, Exercise, and Sports, who co-authored the study with Professor Christoffer Johansen of Rigshospitalet's National Centre for Cancer Survivorship and General Late Effects (CASTLE) and Professor Christen Lykkegaard Andersen of the CopLab Database at the Center for General Practice, says, "Our study demonstrates that there is an elevated risk of developing diabetes if a person is affected by lung, pancreatic, breast, brain, urinary tract or uterine cancers."
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Cancer linked to higher diabetes risk The team of researchers examined an extensive data set consisting of 112 million blood samples from 1.3 million Danes, of whom more than 50,000 were diagnosed with cancer. While the research does not say anything definitive about why certain types of cancer are associated with a greater risk of developing diabetes, the authors of the study have theories around which new studies can be built. "Various cancer therapies may contribute to an increased risk. Cancer itself can affect the rest of the body. We know that cancer cells are able to secrete substances that can affect organs and possibly contribute to an increased incidence of diabetes. This has been suggested in animal studies," said Lykke Sylow. Cancer linked to higher diabetes risk Also Read | Operation Blue Star 38th anniversary: Amritsar fortified, uneasy calm engulfs the city -PTC News-
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