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Relationships are between metformin use and survival in pancreatic cancer patients concurrent with diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Increased risk and cancer-related mortality is observed in pancreatic cancer (PC) patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Whether using metformin as glucose-lowering therapy can result in survival benefit in this group of patients is still unclear. METHODS: A meta-analysis of 21 studies th...

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Autores principales: Shi, Yu-Qi, Zhou, Xiao-Chong, Du, Peng, Yin, Min-Yue, Xu, Lan, Chen, Wen-Jie, Xu, Chun-Fang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7489714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32925714
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000021687