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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
By all accounts, a combination of colon cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure can be a recipe for medical disaster. Now, a new study led by a surgical oncologist and researcher at Temple University School of Medicine and Fox Chase Cancer Center has shown just how deadly this mix can be. In a retrospective analysis of more than 36,000 patients with colon cancer, investigators showed that those with early stage disease and diabetes or high blood pressure -- two components of metabolic syndrome -- have a greater risk for the cancer returning after treatment and of dying compared to patients with colon cancer who do not have either condition.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121220080455.htm
Well, that's cheery
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121220080455.htm
Well, that's cheery