Diabetes mellitus and metformin in hepatocellular carcinoma

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 27, 2016, Pages 6100-6113

  Fujita, Koji ^a   Iwama, Hisakazu ^b   Miyoshi, Hisaaki ^a   Tani, Joji ^a   Oura, Kyoko ^a   Tadokoro, Tomoko ^a   Sakamoto, Teppei ^a   Nomura, Takako ^a   Morishita, Asahiro ^a   Yoneyama, Hirohito ^a   Masaki, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Metformin; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADEFOVIR; ADIPOCYTOKINE; ENTECAVIR; ESTROGEN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; INSULIN; LAMIVUDINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METFORMIN; MICRORNA; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE LKB1; ROSIGLITAZONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; SORAFENIB; TENOFOVIR; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ABERRANT CRYPT FOCUS; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STEM CELL; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLORECTAL POLYP; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LOW DRUG DOSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS CANCER; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS; VIRUS MUTATION; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; LIVER NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; METFORMIN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84978474612     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i27.6100     Document Type: Article

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