Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Taking GLP-1 Medications Have Reduced Risk Of Developing Obesity-Related Cancers
Adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) taking a glucagon-like peptide receptor agonist (GLP-1RA) medication have a reduced risk of developing obesity-related cancers (OACs) compared to people with T2D using insulin. The lower hazard ratios ranged from 0.35 for gallbladder cancer to 0.76 for kidney cancer.
The incidence of the 13 OACs among people with T2D was monitored during a large, longitudinal study with more than 1.6 million people who were prescribed GLP- 1RAs, insulin, or metformin between March 2005 and November 2018. Compared with insulin, GLP-1RAs were associated with a significant reduction in . . .