Association between body mass index and obesity-related cancer risk in men and women with type 2 diabetes in primary care in the Netherlands: a cohort study (ZODIAC-56).
Steven H HendriksDennis SchrijndersKornelis Jj van HaterenKlaas H GroenierSabine SieslingAngela H E M MaasGijs W D LandmanHenk J G BiloN KleefstraPublished in: BMJ open (2018)
BMI is associated with obesity-related cancers in men with T2D, except with advanced prostate cancer. The results of this study provide reason to reconsider the classification of advanced prostate cancer as an obesity-related cancer, at least in T2D. In women, BMI is associated with the total group of obesity-related cancers and with sex-specific obesity-related cancers.