Diabetics have an increased risk of developing breast and colon cancer, a new study has warned. Researchers at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam and colleagues found that patients with diabetes had a 23 per cent increased risk of developing breast cancer and a
38 per cent increased risk of dying from the disease compared to non-diabetic patients. Diabetic patients also had a 26 per cent increased risk of developing colon cancer and a 30 per cent increased risk of dying from it.
diabetes. "The results for breast and colon cancer incidence in patients with diabetes are consistent with other meta-analyses. Furthermore, this meta-analysis shows a higher risk and a stronger association between diabetes and death from breast and colon cancer than previously reported," said De Bruijn. The findings will be presented to the 2013 European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam.