Nearly 6% of cancers, equating to almost 800,000 cases globally, were attributable to type 2 diabetes and overweight/obesity in 2012, new data show, with adiposity being responsible for almost twice as many cases as diabetes.
The study represents the first to estimate the worldwide cancer burden due to diabetes alone and also to diabetes and high body mass index (BMI) combined, say Jonathan Pearson-Stuttard, BMBCh, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, and colleagues in their paper published online November 28 in Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
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