Metformin and Biliary Tract Cancer in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Metformin and Biliary Tract Cancer in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

AimThis retrospective cohort study evaluated whether metformin use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus might reduce the risk of biliary tract cancer (BTC); and explored whether metformin use might affect the overall survival in patients who developed BTC.MethodsNew-onset type 2 diabetes patien...

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Main Author: Chin-Hsiao Tseng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
biliary tract cancer
diabetes mellitus
metformin
Taiwan
survival
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.587666/full

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