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Cancer incidence remains higher in people with type 2 diabetes, with the gap widening in recent years (opens in a new tab)
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-23
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Cancer incidence remains higher in people with type 2 diabetes, with the gap widening in recent years
medicalxpress.com · 2026-09-23
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Claim 1 of 5Not checkedCancer incidence has risen more among people with type 2 diabetes than among those without diabetes over the past 25 years, largely driven by obesity-related cancers.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 2 of 5Not checkedA nationwide study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes found that people with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk of developing cancer.View evidenceHide evidence
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Claim 3 of 5Not checkedIn the most recent period, overall cancer incidence was 12% higher among men with type 2 diabetes and 22% higher among women with type 2 diabetes than among those without diabetes; the corresponding differences in 1996 to 2009 were 9% and 15%.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated12% higher among men; 22% higher among women; prior period 9% and 15%
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Claim 4 of 5Not checkedThe study found particularly higher incidence for obesity-related cancers, including colorectal and postmenopausal breast cancer, and also reported a lower incidence of prostate cancer and higher incidence of lung cancer in people with type 2 diabetes.View evidenceHide evidence
As stated45% higher in men and 30% higher in women for obesity-related cancers; 8% higher postmenopausal breast cancer; 17% and 14% higher colorectal cancer; 19% lower prostate cancer; 23% and 25% higher lung cancer
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Claim 5 of 5Not checkedThe researchers emphasized that the study was designed to describe differences in cancer incidence rather than to determine whether type 2 diabetes causes the differences, and that factors such as body weight, smoking, alcohol consumption, and physical activity were beyond the scope of the study.View evidenceHide evidence
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Parathyroid Carcinoma and Primary Hyperparathyroidism: Trends and Outcomes.
Endocrine-related Cancer · 2026 · PubMed
Long-term trends in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in Denmark: the seasonal variation changes over time
Pediatric Diabetes · 2009 · Crossref
Estimating effects on cumulative incidence probabilities by direct polytomous regression and polytomous log-odds product.
Biometrics · 2026 · PubMed
Site-specific fracture incidence rates among patients with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes or without diabetes in Denmark (1997-2017)
2023 · Crossref
Development and validation of a hypoglycemia risk prediction model for hospitalized type 2 diabetes patients following laparoscopic colorectal cancer resection: a retrospective cohort study.
Frontiers in Endocrinology · 2026 · PubMed
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