Association Between Serum Insulin and C-Peptide Levels and Breast Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Association Between Serum Insulin and C-Peptide Levels and Breast Cancer: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

BackgroundSeveral studies have reported that hyperinsulinemia plays a part in the etiology of breast cancer. However, no consensus has been reached. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to explore the role of insulin and C-peptide in breast cancer.MethodsA systematic search in PubMed, Embase, and...

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Main Authors: Manwen Li, Limin Song, Junhua Yuan, Di Zhang, Caishun Zhang, Yuan Liu, Qian Lin, Haidan Wang, Kaizhen Su, Yanrun Li, Zhengye Ma, Defeng Liu, Jing Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
breast cancer
C-peptide
insulin
review
meta-analysis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2020.553332/full

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