Study shows that Diabetes disease is a risk factor for early colorectal cancer
According to experts, around seven million people in Germany are affected by Diabetes. The so-called sugar disease can diseases numerous monitoring and follow – up after pull. In addition, diabetics have an increased risk for various types of cancer – for bowel cancer, as Researchers now.
In the past year, a study was published that showed a significant increase of colorectal cancer cases in people under 50 years of age. It is known that the risk for this cancer increases after this age. In addition, there is an increased risk when it came to the family to bowel cancer. And also Diabetes is a disease is a risk factor for colorectal cancer.
Higher risk before the age of 50. Developing age
To find out how high the colorectal cancer risk for people with Diabetes, scientists analyzed data from almost 13 million people.
According to a recent communication, the researchers from the German cancer research center (DKFZ) and National center for tumor diseases (NCT) Heidelberg show that diabetics have a comparable high risk of colorectal cancer as people in whose families the gut frequently occurs in cancer.
In addition, people with Diabetes have a higher risk before the age of 50. Developing age of colon cancer.
Number of young Sufferers is increasing
The experts say bowel cancer is worldwide the third most common cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death. With particular concern scientists have observed the scientists, in particular, the number of young colon cancer sufferers is set to continue growing.
Therefore, it is increasingly important to identify specific risk factors for colorectal cancer in young adults, so that high-risk are able to benefit early from a pension investigation.
So far, women in Germany and men aged 50 years and above claim to be measures for the early detection of bowel cancer.
Common Risk Factors
Studies indicate that diabetics, in particular, people with type 2 Diabetes, compared to the normal population at a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer.
Diabetes and colorectal cancer, some risk factors such as obesity (obesity), lack of exercise, and metabolic factors in common.
“In the past, Diabetes was not illness as a recognized risk factor for early colorectal cancer and the connection between Diabetes and familial colorectal cancer risk was still largely unknown,” says Mahdi Fallah, head of the group risk-adapted prevention in the Department of Preventive Oncology of the DKFZ and the NCT, Heidelberg, Germany.
Colorectal cancer risk in all age groups increased
The Heidelberg researchers therefore, in cooperation with colleagues from the University of Lund (Sweden) a total of 12.6 million data after 1931-born Swedish citizens, including from those of their parents evaluated.
“The aim was to determine the risk of colon cancer, especially at ages below 50 years, in diabetic patients with and without colorectal cancer patients in the family,” explains Elham Kharazmi, Co-Director of the study and a scientist at the DKFZ and the NCT, Heidelberg, Germany.
According to the communication time during the study period from 1964 to 2015, a total of 559.375 of the persons examined Diabetes and 162.226 a bowel cancer.
The evaluation of this globally largest database of its kind, showed that in the diabetic population was increases the risk for colorectal cancer in all age groups. The risk of developing cancer at a young age to bowel cancer, was a Diabetic with no relatives with colorectal cancer even similar to that in the case of family-diabetics, Non-preloaded.
People with Diabetes, their first-degree Relatives of colorectal cancer has been diagnosed, had to develop compared to the General population, an approximately 7-fold increased risk, already under 50 years of intestinal cancer.
The results of the study were published in the journal “The American Journal of Gastroenterology”.
A regular checkup
The experts recommend therefore, people with Diabetes, the possibilities for the early detection of bowel cancer in Germany, to perceive, at the latest, if you are 50 years old.
“Our study was able to show that diabetics have an increased risk, even before the age of 50. Developing age of colon cancer. This is important to know these people in the future, earlier on a risk-adjusted colorectal cancer screening offer,“ says Fallah.
In addition, it is important to exercise regularly and to eat healthy. As a result, and also due to the reduction of Obesity, alcohol and nicotine, the risk of cancer can be reduced. (ad)