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Metformin: A Bridge between Diabetes and Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer (PCa) has become the most frequent type of cancer in men. Recent data suggest that diabetic patients taking metformin have a lower incidence of certain cancer, including PCa. Metformin is the most common drug used in type II diabetes mellitus; its use has been shown to lower the inci...

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Autores principales: Zingales, Veronica, Distefano, Alfio, Raffaele, Marco, Zanghi, Antonio, Barbagallo, Ignazio, Vanella, Luca
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5641539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29075616
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2017.00243