Published in Women's Health Weekly, October 12th, 2006
"Evidence suggests that women with type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk of breast cancer, possibly due to chronic exposure to insulin resistance and/or hyperinsulinemia. The purpose of this study was to compare the incidence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women with and without diabetes," researchers in Canada report.
L.L. Lipscombe and colleagues of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences explained, "Using population-based validated health databases from Ontario, Canada, this retrospective cohort study compared breast cancer incidence between women, aged 55-79...
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