Recent research indicates that older women with diabetes could face a greater risk of specific types of colorectal cancer . The study, led by physicians at the Mayo Clinic, based their conclusion on the Iowa Women’s Health Study (IWHS) involving over 37,000 participants.
Diabetes is now officially identified as a colon cancer risk, although the exact way in which this happens is not yet understood. Of the total participants, some 2,361 developed diabetes whilst just 1,200 developed colorectal cancer .
Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist Paul Limburg reportedly commented: "Diabetes was more strongly associated with the MSI-high, CIMP-positive and BRAF-mutation cancer subtypes in this group of older women." The findings are being presented at Digestive Disease Week 2010.
Diabetes patients face greater risk of colon cancer
Tue, 04 May 2010
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