FAT jabs could be the cancer hope of the future after early studies found they reduce the risk of tumours. The world’s top experts are preparing for a research boom to find out if the wonder drugs can head off the most feared disease. 1 It would be yet another breakthrough for the injections like Wegovy and Ozempic, which have already been shown to tackle type 2 diabetes , heart disease, stroke and possibly dementia.
Dr Julie Gralow, chief medical officer at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, said at the society’s annual conference: “People are very interested in these drugs. “Patients are asking about them and scientists want to study them. “There are so many potential and already proven health benefits to these drugs, that it would be icing on the cake if we saw that they were also reducing cancers.
“The data is promising and absolutely there will be more investigation.” There are already signs the flab jabs, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, could cut tumour risk. Research by Case Western Reserve University in Ohio found obese people were 19 per cent less likely to get cancer if they used the injections than people who did not.
Dr Cindy Lin studied data from 20,000 people and said: “Based on our data, GLP-1 agonist therapy may be protective against cancer.” Most read in Health 'TRUE WARRIOR' Scottish champion boxer, 28, dies in motorbike crash days after title fight DAYLIGHT ROBBYRY Rangers star 'submits transfer request and rejects new contract' .
