Association between metformin therapy and breast cancer incidence and mortality: Evidence from a meta-analysis

Journal of Breast Cancer

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 264-270

  Yang, Ting ^a   Yang, Yuan ^a   Liu, Shengchun ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Meta analysis; Metformin; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DATA PROCESSING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

EID: 84948674124     PISSN: 17386756     EISSN: 20929900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4048/jbc.2015.18.3.264     Document Type: Article

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