Diabetes increases the risk of liver cancer

Diabetes increases the risk of liver cancer in patients with chronic hepatitis C and cirrhosis of the liver by Dutch researchers. Scientists at the Medical Center at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam examined data from 540 patients with chronic hepatitis C and cirrhosis. 85 patients in the study group were diagnosed with diabetes. The likelihood of developing diabetes was. Greater in patients with advanced forms of liver cirrhosis These patients were followed for 4 years. During this period, 11 patients with diabetes and was not in 27 patients with diabetes, diagnosed with liver cancer. And 5 years after the start of the study, the incidence of liver cancer was 11.4% in patients with diabetes and 5% of the participants, which is not the disease. The scientists also found that men are more mature risk of liver cancer was significantly higher than the other study participants. According to scientists, the mechanism of the cancer process in diabetes is not only set, there must be more in-depth study.