/channels/taxonomy/term/2634/all en /channels/news/diabetes-drug-found-not-cause-pancreatic-cancer-259218 <p><em><span><b>By Tod Hoffman, <a href="http://www.ladydavis.ca/en/home">Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research</a></b></span></em></p> <p><span>The use of incretin-based drugs is not associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ).</span></p> <p>The research was conducted by the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES), which used the health records of almost 1 million patients with types 2 diabetes.</p> Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:09:26 +0000 webfull 116878 at /channels