CANCER RISK STUDY

New York: Result of study involving 65,000 people point to an association between cancer and abnormally high blood sugar levels.
These results"have obvious implications for lifestyle guidance,as it is well known what factors cause blood glucose increases,"Dr.Par Stattin from Umea University medical center,Sweden noted in comments to Reuthers Health.
By avoiding excessive fa an other dietary risk factors,and by getting regular exercise,'you can decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease,diabetes,and cancer,'he added.
Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of liver,pancreas,colon cancer,as well as other cancer.However,less known about the affect on cancer risk associated with moderately elevated blood sugar levels among non diabetes subjects.
In women,the total cancer risk increased with rising blood sugar levels.The relative risk of cancer as 26 percent higher for women with diabetes compared with women with lowest fasting blood sugar.
Overall,there was no significant association between total cancer risk and blood sugar measurement in men.
However,for men andwomen,high fasting blood sugar signifficantly associated with an increased risk of cancer of the pancreas,endometrium,urinary tract and malignant melanoma.
These association were independent of body weight.
These findings, the authors say,provide"further evidence" for an association between abnormal glucose metabolism and cancer,Reuther,The Daily Star of Kuwait,17-march-2007.