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The Use of Metformin and Postoperative Insulin Pump Were Predictive Factors for Outcomes of Diabetic Colorectal Cancer Patients after Surgery.

Xu-Rui LiuFei LiuZi-Wei LiQuan LvXin-Peng ShuLian-Shuo LiYue TongWei ZhangDong Peng
Published in: Nutrition and cancer (2023)
Diabetic CRC patients who used metformin had a lower risk of postoperative complications. However, there was no difference from patients not using metformin in terms of survival. Furthermore, patients receiving postoperative insulin pump had more postoperative complications and worse survival in all TNM stages.
Keyphrases
  • type diabetes
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • chronic kidney disease
  • metabolic syndrome
  • free survival