Type 2 diabetes mellitus and medications for type 2 diabetes mellitus are associated with risk for and mortality from cancer in a German primary care cohort

There is growing evidence that patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have increased cancer risk. We examined the association between diabetes, cancer, and cancer-related mortality and hypothesized that insulin sensitizers lower cancer-related mortality. Participants in the Diabetes Cardiovascular R...

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Main Authors: Baur, Dorothee M., Klotsche, Jens, Hamnvik, Ole-Petter R., Sievers, Caroline, Pieper, Lars, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich, Stalla, Günter K., Schmid, Roland M., Kales, Stefanos N., Mantzoros, Christos S.
Other Authors: Technische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden 2013
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-112687
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-112687
http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/11268/1315_PP.pdf