Metformin therapy and its anti-neoplastic role in systemic malignancies besides hepatocellular carcinomas

作者: S Kapoor

DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2013.777773

关键词: OncologyMetforminInternal medicineCarcinogenesisMedicineAnti neoplastic

摘要: To the Editor: I read with great interest recent article written by Zhang et al. [1]. Suggest that metformin may play a major role in mitigating carcinogenesis as well enhancing effic...

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