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January 31st, 2008

Further Association Between Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer, Found

According to a new Mayo Clinic study, 40 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are diagnosed with diabetes prior to their pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
The onset of diabetes appears to be many months (in some cases up to two years) prior to cancer diagnosis.
The said study, providing new evidence to the diabetes-pancreatic cancer association – was published […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 5 comments

February 8th, 2007

Obesity and Diabetes Gene, Found Player in Breast Cancer

Published in Nature Genetics is the discovery of the role played by a gene associated with the propagation of breast cancer (in 2 out of 5 affected women) by Michel L. Tremblay and his team at the Cancer Centre at McGill University.
The gene, identified as PTP1b, already known for its role in diabetes and obesity, […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

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