Metformin Prolongs Survival in Type 2 Diabetes Lung Cancer Patients With EGFR-TKIs
Background: Metformin use reportedly reduces cancer risk and improves survival in lung cancer patients. This study aimed to investigate the effect of metformin use in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and lung cancer receiving epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI)...
Main Authors: | Ming-Szu Hung MD, PhD, Min-Chun Chuang MD, Yi-Chuan Chen MD, Chuan-Pin Lee PhD, Tsung-Ming Yang MD, Pau-Chung Chen MD, PhD, Ying-Huang Tsai MD, Yao-Hsu Yang MD, PhD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-08-01
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Series: | Integrative Cancer Therapies |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1534735419869491 |
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