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A study by specialists at the George Institute for Global Health at Oxford University – involving nearly 20 million people – revealed that diabetes significantly increases the risk of developing a cancer, and that women's risk is even greater .
The researchers found that compared to men, diabetes (type 1 and type 2) presented an additional risk in women with leukemia, stomach cancer, mouth, and kidney but less than liver cancer.
In the information disseminated by the University of Oxford, the experts emphasize the need to conduct more research on the role played by diabetes in the development of cancer . The results of the study were published in the journal "Diabetology", of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
Toshiaki Ohkuma, of the George Institute for Global Health, stated that the link between diabetes and the risk of developing cancer is now firmly established.
"We have demonstrated, for the first time, that women with diabetes are more likely to develop any type of cancer and are significantly more likely to develop kidney, mouth and stomach cancers. and leukemia ".
analyzing data from 47 studies, the same scientist from this institute at Oxford University, Sanne Peters, explained that there are several possible reasons why women are over at risk, including that they are in a pre-diabetic state of glucose intolerance two years older than men average .
"Historically," said Peters, "we know that women often receive insufficient treatment when they first show up with symptoms of diabetes, are less likely to receive intensive care and do not take the same drug levels than men. "
All of this could help explain why women are at greater risk of developing this health problem, but pointed out that more research is needed .
Among the main findings, the study found that women with diabetes were 27% more likely to develop cancer than non-diabetic women . For men, the risk was 19%.
In general, they estimated that diabetic women were 6% more likely to develop some type of cancer in general than men with diabetes . They also identified that diabetes was a risk factor for most cancers of some parts of the body for both men and women.
They also reported that women with diabetes had significantly higher risks of developing kidney cancer (11% more), cancer of the mouth (13% more), stomach cancer (14%) and leukemia (15 percent) compared to men with the disease.
For liver cancer, the risk was 12% lower in diabetic women than in men with diabetes.
According to information disseminated by the University of Oxford, diabetes affects more than 415 million people worldwide, with five million deaths each year . to know the results of the study in "Diabetology", with the article "Sexual differences in the association between diabetes and cancer: a systematic review and a meta-analysis of 121 cohorts that includes 20 million people and a million events.
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