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Master of Public Health

Metformin use and incidence cancer risk: evidence for a selective protective effect against liver cancer.

AUTHORS

Murff HJ , Roumie CL , Greevy RA , Hackstadt AJ , McGowan LED , Hung AM , Grijalva CG , Griffin MR , . Cancer causes & control : CCC. 2018 7 18; ().
  • NIHMSID: 9100846

ABSTRACT

Several observational studies suggest that metformin reduces incidence cancer risk; however, many of these studies suffer from time-related biases and several cancer outcomes have not been investigated due to small sample sizes.

Several observational studies suggest that metformin reduces incidence cancer risk; however, many of these studies suffer from time-related biases and several cancer outcomes have not been investigated due to small sample sizes.

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