Report of the Japan Diabetes Society (JDS)/Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) Joint Committee on Diabetes and Cancer, Second Report

The Japan Diabetes Society (JDS)/Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) Joint Committee on Diabetes and Cancer published its first report in July 2013 on the epidemiological assessment of the associations of diabetes with cancer risk/prognosis, the common risk factors for diabetes and cancer, and cancer risk associated with diabetes treatment The JDS/JCA Joint Committee continued its work to assess the role of glycemic control in the development of cancer in patients with diabetes. This review shows that high-quality evidence examining the association between glycemic control and cancer risk is lacking.