Effect of metformin on cancer risk and treatment outcome of prostate cancer: a meta-analysis of epidemiological observational studies

Laboratory studies have shown the anti-tumor effect of metformin on prostate cancer. However, recent epidemiological studies have yielded inconclusive results. We searched PubMed database from the inception to May 30 2014 for studies which assessed the effect of metformin use on cancer risk of prost...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2014-12, Vol.9 (12), p.e116327-e116327
Hauptverfasser:	Yu, Hongliang, Yin, Li, Jiang, Xuesong, Sun, Xiujin, Wu, Jing, Tian, Hao, Gao, Xianshu, He, Xia
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anticancer properties Antidiabetics Biology and Life Sciences Cancer Cancer surgery Cohort analysis Confidence intervals Datasets Epidemiology Health risk assessment Health risks Humans Hypoglycemia Male Medical prognosis Medicine and Health Sciences Meta-analysis Metformin Metformin - therapeutic use Mortality Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology Observational studies Patients Prostate cancer Prostatic Neoplasms - drug therapy Prostatic Neoplasms - epidemiology Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality Publication Bias Risk Risk Factors Studies Systematic review Treatment Outcome Urological surgery
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