《美国流行病学杂志》近日发表一项研究结果显示,2型糖尿病与较低的前列腺癌发病风险相关联,但这仅仅是糖尿病患者确诊几年后的观察结果。以往研究认为糖尿病可降低前列腺癌的发病风险。美国癌症协会的Carmen Ro-drigues博士及其同事在对参加癌症预防Ⅱ期营养学调查研究的男性受试者的糖尿病确诊时间和前列腺癌发病风险间的关联性研究 A report published recently by the American Journal of Epidemiology shows that type 2 diabetes is associated with a lower risk of prostate cancer, but this is only a few years after diabetes was diagnosed. Previous studies suggest that diabetes can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Carmen Ro-drigues, PhD, and colleagues from the American Cancer Society in association with the risk of developing prostate cancer in male subjects who participated in the phase II nutrition study of cancer prevention