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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Use of metformin appeared to offer a protective effect against lung cancer among nonsmokers with diabetes, according to results of a retrospective study.
“Our study suggests that metformin use is not associated with lung cancer risk in all patients with diabetes, but that such risk might differ by smoking history,” Lori C. Sakoda, PhD, MPH, research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif., told HemOnc Today. “Although intriguing, this finding must be confirmed by other large, well-conducted studies.”
Metformin, frequently prescribed as a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, has shown signs of chemotherapeutic properties for the treatment of cancer in certain laboratory settings.
http://www.healio.com/hematology-on...lung-cancer-risk-for-nonsmokers-with-diabetes
“Our study suggests that metformin use is not associated with lung cancer risk in all patients with diabetes, but that such risk might differ by smoking history,” Lori C. Sakoda, PhD, MPH, research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, Calif., told HemOnc Today. “Although intriguing, this finding must be confirmed by other large, well-conducted studies.”
Metformin, frequently prescribed as a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes, has shown signs of chemotherapeutic properties for the treatment of cancer in certain laboratory settings.
http://www.healio.com/hematology-on...lung-cancer-risk-for-nonsmokers-with-diabetes