Survival benefits of metformin for colorectal cancer patients with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

<h4>Background</h4>Several studies suggest that metformin has the potential effect of reducing cancer risk. However, its survival benefit in patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) and diabetes is unknown. The aim of our study is to address the effect of metformin on outcomes for CRC based...

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Main Authors: Zu-Bing Mei, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Chen-Ying Liu, Yun Liu, Ang Cui, Zhong-Lin Liang, Guang-Hui Wang, Long Cui
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0091818&type=printable
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