Association of estimated glucose disposal rate with all-cause and breast cancer-specific mortality in US breast cancer survivors: a population-based study
Jinhao Li, Jiasheng Liu, Bingliang Cai, Chuansheng Yang · 2025
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Li and co-authors studied how insulin resistance relates to death in American breast cancer survivors, in a paper published in 2025. Insulin resistance is increasingly tied to poor cancer outcomes. The team used a stand-in index of insulin sensitivity, computed from standard health measures. Their data came from a national health survey run from 2007 to 2016. One part of the study linked the index to how common breast cancer was. Another part followed survivors over time to record deaths.
The follow-up separated deaths from any cause and deaths from breast cancer itself. That split matters, because insulin problems may kill through heart disease as much as through cancer. The results add to the case for metabolic care as part of survivorship. Managing insulin sensitivity could be a lever for longer life after breast cancer, alongside standard oncology care.
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| CREATOR | Jinhao Li, Jiasheng Liu, Bingliang Cai, Chuansheng Yang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |