Type 2 diabetes genetically linked to breast, bowel and pancreatic cancer
Type 2 diabetes – which affects millions of Britons – shares genetic connections with breast, bowel and pancreatic cancer, scientists say.
A new study showed how genetic variants, which are differences in sequences of genes, can simultaneously affect multiple health conditions.
, which part-funded the research, said the findings help to highlight how people with type 2 are at increased risk of breast, bowel and pancreatic cancer and could lead to new ways of preventing disease.
