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Diabetes May Increase Chance Of Liver Cancer

Filed in archive Research by Rhys on October 29, 2006

Diabetes May Increase Chance Of Liver Cancer
As if diabetes weren't scary enough, there are now study results that suggest it may increase the chances of developing liver cancer.

The presence of diabetes may triple the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis from hepatitis C infection, researchers reported here.

The five-year risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma in the presence of diabetes was 18.6%, compared with 5.3% for those without diabetes, Bart J. Veldt, M.D., of Erasmus MC University Medical Center in Rotterdam, and colleagues, reported at the American Associationlinks for the Study of Liver Diseases meeting here.


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