Cancer Specific Mortality in Insulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes Patients

Sorin Ioacara, Cristian Guja, Constantin Ionescu-Tirgoviste, Simona Fica and Michael Roden

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 3, 1-7

Abstract: Aims: To test the hypothesis that cumulative exposure to insulin and long-acting insulin analogs might be associated with cancer mortality in diabetes patients. Methods: All consecutive diabetes patients aged over 40 years, residing in a major urban area were screened at their first diabetes outpatient visit between 01/01/2001-12/31/2008 (n = 79869). Exclusion criteria were insulin treatment at screening, no insulin treatment until 12/31/2008, less than 6 months of glucose-lowering treatment alone before insulin initiation, insulin prescription before glargine became available, age

Date: 2014
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