Type 2 diabetes linked to increased cancer and dementia risk
A new Australian report canvasses complications of long-term diabetes
People living with type 2 diabetes are at increased risk of many, but not all, types of cancer and also face a raised risk of dementia, a report shows.
Liver cancer tops the list of malignancies, with a three-fold higher risk in people with type 2 diabetes than their peers in the general population, according to the report produced by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne.
