Cancer patients with insulin-treated diabetes have four times higher mortality compared to cancer patients without diabetes

Sunday, March 16, 2014 - 18:31 in Health & Medicine

People who have diabetes at the time they are diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die early than those without diabetes, concludes research. The researchers note that patients with both diabetes and cancer constitute a particularly vulnerable group, and efforts are needed to reduce cancer-related mortality among these patients.

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