SynthesisBMC cancer2018

Metformin, Asian ethnicity and risk of prostate cancer in type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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+1%−14% to +18%

Smaller than almost all for adverse events & safety

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RR 1.01, 95% CI 0.86–1.18

the abstract, start to end

… metformin and prostate cancer (RR: 1.01, 95%CI: 0.86-1.18, I …

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Adverse events & safety

RR 1.010.86–1.18

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