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The impact of metformin use on the risk of prostate cancer after prostate biopsy in patients with high grade intraepithelial neoplasia

PURPOSE: We report our experience on metformin use in diabetic patients and its impact on prostate cancer (PCa) after a high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 551 patients with a diagnosis of HGPIN without PCa in a first p...

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Autores principales: Dell'Atti, Lucio, Galosi, Andrea B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5815534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29211393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2017.0046