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Abstract
Laboratory models show antineoplastic activity of metformin under certain conditions, and pharmacoepidemiologic studies have reported reduced cancer burden among diabetics taking metformin. Therefore, the hypothesis that metformin has antineoplastic activity is receiving increasing attention. However, gaps in knowledge must be addressed before metformin can be "repurposed" for oncologic indications. ©2012 AACR.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22465829 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-12-0694
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Cancer Res ISSN: 1078-0432 Impact factor: 12.531