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Effect of metformin on breast cancer metabolism

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There is a great and growing interest in the anti-cancer effects of the diabetes drug metformin as evidenced by the 50 clinical trials worldwide investigating the role of metformin in cancer treatment that are actively recruiting patients. Metformin’s potential anti-cancer effects were first brought to light following a series of epidemiological studies showing that treatment with metformin, as opposed to other diabetes drugs, correlated with a reduction in the incidence of cancer in these...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Oncology
Research group:
Hypoxia and angiogenesis group
Oxford college:
Christ Church
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2014
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DPhil
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Doctoral
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University of Oxford

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English
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