Child Cancer Patients at Greater Risk of Diabetes, Study Shows

Aug 24, 2012

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Cancer patients who underwent radiation therapy as children are at greater risk of developing diabetes later in life, a finding that should prompt changes in treatment guidelines, French and British researchers said.

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