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SYDNEY: According to a new study, women with diabetes may be at higher risk of developing cancer than men.
Results suggest that among study participants, women with diabetes (Type 1 and Type 2) had a higher risk of developing kidney cancer (11%), oral cancer (13%) , a stomach cancer (14%) and leukemia (15 percent) compared to men with the similar condition.
Diabetes affects more than 415 million people worldwide, with five million deaths each year.
According to the researchers, it is believed that he increased blood sugar levels can have carcinogenic effects by causing damage to the DNA.
"The link between diabetes and the risk of developing cancer is now firmly established," said lead author Toshiaki Ohkuma of the George Institute for Global Health in Australia.
"The number of people with diabetes has doubled globally in the last 30 years, but we still have a lot to learn about the disease," added Ohkuma.
For the study, published in the journal Diabetologia, researchers examined data on cancer events) from 121 cohorts comprising 19,239,302 individuals.
Researchers found that women with diabetes were 27% more likely to develop cancer than non-diabetic women, but the risk was 19% higher for men.