Anticancer effects of metformin in experimental animal models of different types of cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract To systematically evaluate the effects of metformin on tumors in experimental animal models of different types of cancer. Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, and Web of Science databases were searched for studies on metformin used in various experimental animal tumor models from 2008 to 2022. Meta-an...

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Main Authors: Fan Zhang, Shuai Han, Weijie Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-07-01
Series:Laboratory Animal Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42826-022-00131-6