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Possible Cancer Link to Diabetes Drugs Stirs Controversy
Possible Cancer Link to Diabetes Drugs Stirs Controversy
S Freeman
20110926
2011 Oct 26
Elsevier Global Medical News
Possible Cancer Link to Diabetes Drugs Stirs Controversy
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Oct 26, S Freeman
LISBON (EGMN) - The possibility that incretin-based therapies for type 2 diabetes can cause cancer warrants further investigation, a leading clinical diabetologist has said."Pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer are reported in excess with exenatide and sitagliptin therapy in the FDA AERS [Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Events Reporting System database] in comparison to other diabetes medications," Dr. Peter Butler said at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.Using...