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Review
. 2020 May 7;12(5):e8010.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.8010.

Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer

Adenike O Eketunde  1
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Review

Diabetes as a Risk Factor for Breast Cancer

Adenike O Eketunde. Cureus. .

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the most important chronic conditions worldwide, and breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide. Several types of research have been conducted to ascertain the link between diabetes and its potential for increasing the risk of breast cancer. This research aims to determine the relationship between diabetes and breast cancer; patients with diabetes have a higher risk than the general population of developing cancer, and diabetes patients have a higher incidence and mortality of breast cancer. This research also reviewed the relationship between cytokines, the mitogenic effect of insulin-like growth factors, and breast cells. The review includes searching the PubMed database using the keywords "diabetes," "breast cancer," "risk factor," and "premenopausal." The search returned 53 articles used for review of this article.

Keywords: breast cancer; diabetes; type 2 diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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