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There's no evidence that GLP-1s cause cancer in any meaningful amount, but obesity definitely does. Either way the only cancer they found any correlation to was
by arcticbull 2y ago
There's no evidence that GLP-1s cause cancer in any meaningful amount, but obesity definitely does. Either way the only cancer they found any correlation to was thyroid which is one of the most treatable -- over 99% survival rates.
- copperx 2y agoWhile thyroid cancer is highly treatable, the type of thyroid cancer that GLP-1 drugs cause is the rare and untreatable variety.
- arcticbull 2y agoThere's no causative relationship. There is a correlation in some studies. This is not the same thing. Beyond that, some studies have found a very weak association and some have found no association at all. To say with this corpus of evidence they cause anything is very premature. This 2024 study showed no increase in risk over 3.9 years. https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-078225 https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-078225
- cyberax 2y ago> There's no causative relationship. To be fair, GLP-1 drugs cause dose-dependent increase in thyroid cancer in mice. But mice are not humans.