Breast cancer survivors more prone to diabetes

Breast cancer survivors more prone to diabetes
Curbing chemical treatment may result estrogen stimulates diabetes

 

A new study has found that women survivors of breast cancer after reaching menopause are more prone to diabetes.

According to a "health day news, according to the Saudi al-Riyadh daily, researchers in Toronto women Research Institute analysed data from 1996 until 2008 to determine the incidence of diabetes among nearly 25,000 women survived breast cancer aged more than 55 years, 125 thousand women are diagnosed with cancer.

During more than 5 years of follow-up, approximately 10% of women participating in the study of diabetes. Compared to who did not become infected with the cancer risk of diabetes among survivors of breast cancer is higher by 7% two years after cancer diagnosis, and 21% higher after 10 years of diagnosis.

But the risk of developing diabetes decreased over time among survivors of breast cancer who have undergone chemotherapy, was higher by 24% during the first two years of the cancer diagnosis, and 8% after 10 years of diagnosis.

And the researcher responsible for the study said Lauren Lipscomb "curb estrogen as a result of the chemical treatment might also stimulates diabetes ... But this may be less effective in this study involving women in menopause ". But researchers are unsure that the risk of diabetes increases the breast cancer survivors who were exposed to chemical treatment.