Diabetes May Raise Risk Of Liver Cancer, Study

A study warns that diabetes may triple the risk of liver cancer. The study from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, examined 2,161 liver cancer patients over a five-year period. Findings showed 43 percent had diabetes for three years before their diagnosis. By contrast, only 19 percent of 6,183 random individuals in a control group had diabetes during a three year period. Researchers concluded, after factoring in other possible contributing diseases for the cancer patients, that diabetics were three times more likely to develop liver cancer than those without diabetes. Patients in the population based study were identified using US Medicare data.