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Metformin and cancer in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and comprehensive bias evaluation

Background: Existing observational studies provide conflicting evidence for the causal effect of metformin use on cancer risk in patients with type-2 diabetes, and there are concerns about bias affecting a number of studies. Methods: MEDLINE was used to identify observational studies investigating t...

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Autores principales: Farmer, Ruth E, Ford, Deborah, Forbes, Harriet J, Chaturvedi, Nishi, Kaplan, Richard, Smeeth, Liam, Bhaskaran, Krishnan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5837266/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28031313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyw275