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Efficacy of Metformin in Patients With Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy or Endocrine Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Kayoko MorioYasuko KurataNobuko Kawaguchi-SakitaAkihiro ShiroshitaYuki Kataoka
Published in: The Annals of pharmacotherapy (2021)
Metformin should be discouraged routinely in nondiabetic patients with metastatic/recurrent breast cancer. Further RCTs are needed to verify whether metformin with chemotherapy or endocrine therapy results in significant clinical benefits in the neoadjuvant or adjuvant setting.
Keyphrases
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