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Metformin and esophageal cancer risk in Taiwanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

This study evaluated whether metformin might reduce esophageal cancer risk. Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus diagnosed during 1999–2005 were recruited from the reimbursement database of Taiwan's National Health Insurance. Those newly treated with metformin (n = 288013, “ever users of metf...

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Autor principal: Tseng, Chin-Hsiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals LLC 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5386648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27861146
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.13390