Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
While recent research suggests that having diabetes increases the risk of developing breast cancer, another new study shows that the use of insulin to control blood glucose levels may not be a factor.
A study released last month by Dr. Kirstin De Bruijn, a PhD student in the Surgery Department at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues analyzed data from numerous global studies and found that those with diabetes had a 23 percent higher chance of developing breast cancer and a 38 percent increased risk of dying from the disease.
The research was released at the 2013 European Cancer Congress in September.
The use of various types of insulin, though, may not play a role, according to another recent study, released this summer in the journal Diabetes Care.
French researchers found that women with diabetes who use certain insulins to control their blood glucose levels do not have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2013...ds-no-link-between-insulin-and-breast-cancer/
A study released last month by Dr. Kirstin De Bruijn, a PhD student in the Surgery Department at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and colleagues analyzed data from numerous global studies and found that those with diabetes had a 23 percent higher chance of developing breast cancer and a 38 percent increased risk of dying from the disease.
The research was released at the 2013 European Cancer Congress in September.
The use of various types of insulin, though, may not play a role, according to another recent study, released this summer in the journal Diabetes Care.
French researchers found that women with diabetes who use certain insulins to control their blood glucose levels do not have a higher risk of developing breast cancer.
http://diabeteshealth.com/read/2013...ds-no-link-between-insulin-and-breast-cancer/
