Diabetes gives women bigger cancer risk

Women with diabetes face a greater risk than men of also developing cancer, Australian researchers have discovered.

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Researchers from The George Institute for Global Health reviewed health data from 20 million people around the world and found women with diabetes had a six per cent greater chance than men of developing any type of cancer.

Their chances of developing kidney, oral and stomach cancers and leukaemia were all found to be significantly higher than men. However, women with diabetes had a lower chance than men of developing liver cancer.

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