Beneficial Effect of Metformin on the Five-Year Survival in about 40,000 Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Beneficial Effect of Metformin on the Five-Year Survival in about 40,000 Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Introduction: Even in times of new therapy regimes, the overall survival of patients with head and neck cancer remains low. Since the previous studies showed the beneficial effect of metformin medication on the survival of patients with cancer, our objective was to investigate if—and in which way—me...

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Main Authors: Florian Gaertner, Saskia Preissner, Max Heiland, Robert Preissner, Jonas Wüster
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-02-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
metformin
diabetes
HbA1c
head and neck cancer
survival
real-world evidence
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/5/982

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