Cancer Risk in Diabetic Patients Treated with Metformin: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: A growing body of evidence has suggested that metformin potentially reduces the risk of cancer. Our objective was to enhance the precision of estimates of the effect of metformin on the risk of any-site and site-specific cancers in patients with diabetes. METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We p...

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Autores principales: Noto, Hiroshi, Goto, Atsushi, Tsujimoto, Tetsuro, Noda, Mitsuhiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22448244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033411

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22448244
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033411

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