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- Title
Type 2 diabetes and subsequent incidence of breast cancer in the Nurses' Health Study.
- Authors
Michels, Karin B; Solomon, Caren G; Hu, Frank B; Rosner, Bernard A; Hankinson, Susan E; Colditz, Graham A; Manson, JoAnn E; Nurses' Health Study
- Abstract
Hyperinsulinemia may promote mammary carcinogenesis. Insulin resistance has been linked to an increased risk of breast cancer and is also characteristic of type 2 diabetes. We prospectively evaluated the association between type 2 diabetes and invasive breast cancer incidence in the Nurses' Health Study.
- Publication
Diabetes care, 2003, Vol 26, Issue 6, p1752
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.26.6.1752