Question: what is the relationship between diabetes and cancer?
Answer: The Diabetes-Cancer Link. Type 2 diabetes is associated with increased risks for several cancers, including colon,1 postmenopausal breast,2 pancreatic,3 liver,4 endometrial,5 and bladder6 cancers and non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Type 2 diabetes is also linked to a modest decrease in the risk for prostate cancer.