Gastrointestinal cancer incidence in type 2 diabetes mellitus; results from a large population-based cohort study in the UK
ConclusionIn this study, T2DM patients were shown to have higher crude IRs of liver, pancreatic and colon cancer, but not of gastric, biliary, and rectal cancer. Moreover, the lower observed IRs of oesophageal cancer in diabetic patients warrants further investigation.
Source: Cancer Epidemiology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
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