The effect of metformin use on hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in diabetes mellitus patients

The effect of metformin use on hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in diabetes mellitus patients

Abstract Background Metformin is proven to improve the prognosis of various cancers, but it is unknown if metformin could ameliorate hypopharyngeal cancer in diabetes mellitus patients. This was a retrospective cohort study, and the effect and survival outcome of metformin on hypopharyngeal cancer w...

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Main Authors: Yung-An Tsou, Wen-Dien Chang, Jian-Ji Lu, Tsu-Fang Wu, Hsiao-Ling Chen, Chuan-Mu Chen, Ming Hsui Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Metformin
Hypopharyngeal cancer
Diabetes mellitus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-019-6083-5

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