Advance on mechanisms of metformin′s anti-lung-cancer activity / 医学研究生学报
Journal of Medical Postgraduates
;
(12): 1114-1117, 2014.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-459205
ABSTRACT
Diabetes and lung cancer are common diseases worldwide , which have a serious impact on human health .Recently epidemiologic research has found that diabetes , which may enhance the incidence of lung cancer , is one of the risk factors of lung canc-er.The metformin, a first-line drug for treatment of type 2 diabetes, can decrease the incidence of lung cancer and may have an anti-lung-cancer bioactivity ,but its mechanisms are unclear .To make a further study of the mechanisms is expected to reduce the morbidity and is possible to help us find a new therapeutic target .The aim of this article is to review the potential mechanism of the metformin′s anti-lung-cancer activity .
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Journal of Medical Postgraduates
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2014
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