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Link Between Diabetes Treatments, Cancer Is New Research Focus
Link Between Diabetes Treatments, Cancer Is New Research Focus
ME Tucker
20090905
2009 Oct 5
Elsevier Global Medical News
Link Between Diabetes Treatments, Cancer Is New Research Focus
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2009 Oct 5, ME Tucker
VIENNA (EGMN) - Both diabetes itself and insulin therapy are associated with an increased risk for cancer, but the question of whether insulin glargine - or insulin analogues in general - are associated with a further increased risk remains open. Those were among the conclusions from five speakers at a special symposium, "Diabetes Therapy and Cancer," held during the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Although there has been a steady progression of research papers...