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Why is someone with diabetes at higher risk of having cancer?
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Unclear: The exact causal relationship has not been completely defined. But adopting healthy lifestyle changes to help control diabetes may help to decrease cancer risk.
Answered 10/3/2013
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Share risk factors?: Studies show that pancreatic, colorectal, breast, hepatobiliary, bladder, and endometrial cancers occur more frequently in people with diabetes type 2. Exact reason unknown; however, potential reasons include shared risk factors (obesity, age, smoking) and hyperglycemia.
Answered 1/25/2013
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