Diabetes linked to higher risk of blood cancers: Study
Written By : Medha Baranwal
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2021-03-16 06:15 GMT | Update On 2021-03-16 09:12 GMT
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Canada: Diabetes patients are at a higher risk of haematological malignancies and mortality, finds a recent study in the journal Diabetologia. Hematological malignancies are cancers that begin in the bone marrow where blood is produced which includes lymphoma, leukemia, and multiple myeloma.
There is a lack of contemporary data on the association of diabetes with haematological malignancies. Lorraine L. Lipscombe, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, and colleagues, therefore, aimed to evaluate the risk of developing haematological malignancies and subsequent mortality in people with diabetes compared with those without diabetes.
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