Open AccessComment on: Smiechowski et al. The Use of Metformin and the Incidence of Lung Cancer in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2013;36:124–129
Author(s) -
ShihWei Lai,
KuanFu Liao
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
diabetes care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636
H-Index - 363
eISSN - 1935-5548
pISSN - 0149-5992
DOI - 10.2337/dc12-1978
Subject(s) - medicine , metformin , diabetes mellitus , incidence (geometry) , type 2 diabetes , lung cancer , cancer , endocrinology , physics , optics
One cohort study recently published in Diabetes Care about the association between metformin use and lung cancer risk was interesting. Smiechowski et al. (1) have reported that metformin use cannot correlate with decreased risk of lung cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes (rate ratio 0.94; 95% CI 0.76–1.17). However, …
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