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ArticleBladder cancer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2023

The Association between Diabetes Medication Use and Tumour Characteristics at Diagnosis in Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma: A Retrospective Registry-Based Study.

Janine P M Faessen, Dennis J A J Oerlemans, Marc R P A de Jong, Jetty A Overbeek, Pauline A J Vissers, Katja K H Aben, Maryska L G Janssen-Heijnen, Joop P W van den Bergh, Frits H M van Osch

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Janine P M FaessenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands.
Dennis J A J OerlemansDepartment of Urology, Laurentius Hospital, Roermond, The Netherlands.
Marc R P A de JongDepartment of Urology, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands.
Jetty A OverbeekPHARMO Institute for Drug Outcomes Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Pauline A J VissersDepartment of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Katja K H AbenDepartment of Research and Development, Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Maryska L G Janssen-HeijnenDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands.
Joop P W van den BerghDepartment of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands.
Frits H M van OschDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, VieCuri Medical Centre, Venlo, The Netherlands.

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backgroundObservational studies indicate a potential association between diabetes medication use and aggressiveness of bladder cancer.

objectiveThe objective is to exploratively study the association between diabetes medication use, as proxy for diabetes, and cancer characteristics of urothelial carcinoma at diagnosis. Furthermore, differences in associations between specific types of diabetes medication are studied.

methodsThe association between use of diabetes medication and urothelial carcinoma (UC) characteristics at diagnosis is studied. A retrospective registry-based study among UC patients in the Netherlands was performed for which two large linked registries from PHARMO and IKNL were used. Patients diagnosed with UC between 2000 and 2016 and no previous cancer were included in this study. In this study, 1,168 UC patients who were diabetes medication users were included as well as 3,609 non-users. Conditional logistic regression analysis was performed to determine odds ratios comparing cancer characteristics between different types of diabetes medication users to non-users.

resultsNoninsulin antidiabetic drugs (NIAD) use was associated with a muscle-invasive type of UC compared to non-users (OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.10-1.55 for T2+ versus Ta) as well as a poorly differentiated tumour (OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.07-1.59 for poorly versus well differentiated tumours).

conclusionUsers of diabetes medication are potentially more likely to be diagnosed with a more aggressive tumour than non-users; however, lifestyle factors could not be adjusted for.

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