Insulin therapy and risk of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

BACKGROUND: Previous observational studies have shown that insulin therapy may modify the risk of prostate cancer (PCa). However, these studies yielded controversial results. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to determine whether insulin use was associated with PCa risk in patients with diabetes...

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Main Authors: Yan-bo Chen, Qi Chen, Zhong Wang, Juan Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3839878?pdf=render