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Type 2 diabetes increases and metformin reduces total, colorectal, liver and pancreatic cancer incidences in Taiwanese: a representative population prospective cohort study of 800,000 individuals
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“Several epidemiologic studies have shown that metformin use is associated with reduced cancer incidence and mortality (Landman et al., 2010; Lee et al., 2011; Libby et al., 2009; Monami et al., 2011; Tseng, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Lee, M.-S., Hsu, C.-C., Wahlqvist, M. L., Tsai, H.-N., Chang, Y.-H., & Huang, Y.-C.
- Venue
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2011-01-18
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 1
- ISSN
- 1471-2407
- PMC
- PMC3031263
- Cited by
- 380
- References
- 6
- Language
- en
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