Metformin therapy and risk of cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review.

<h4>Aims/hypothesis</h4>Diabetes treatments were related with either an increased or reduced risk of cancer. There is ongoing debate about a potential protective action of metformin. To summarize evidence on the association between metformin and risk of cancer and cancer mortality in pat...

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Main Authors: Monica Franciosi, Giuseppe Lucisano, Emanuela Lapice, Giovanni F M Strippoli, Fabio Pellegrini, Antonio Nicolucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071583&type=printable
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