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SynthesisCancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center

Enhancing the Efficacy of Metformin in Neoadjuvant Therapy for Breast Cancer: A Meta-Analysis Based on Randomized Clinical Trials.

Fei Xie, Ting Jiang, Mengyi Qian, Xinyan Yu, Jiani Ji, Endi Song

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Synthesis in Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer Center. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Neoadjuvant metformin on clinical and pathological response in non-diabetic patients with non-metastatic breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Fei XieDepartment of Endocrinology, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.
Ting JiangThe Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Mengyi QianFirst Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xinyan YuThe Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Jiani JiThe Second Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China.
Endi SongDepartment of Endocrinology, Ningbo Yinzhou No. 2 Hospital, Ningbo, China.ORCID 0009-0001-4219-9340

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

IntroductionThis meta-analysis aims to evaluate the impact of increasing the use of metformin in neoadjuvant treatment for breast cancer (BC) on the rate of pathological complete response (pCR) in patients.MethodsA systematic search was conducted in four electronic databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library. The search scope covered all the literature from the establishment of the databases to April 2025. The risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. The outcome indicator was the pCR rate.ResultThis meta-analysis included a total of 8 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), involving 474 patients. The results showed that there was no statistically significant difference in the pCR rate between the experimental group containing metformin and the control group (RR = 1.21, 95% CI: [0.85, 1.71],

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Breast NeoplasmsHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminNeoadjuvant TherapyFemaleHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeHypoglycemic AgentsMetforminBCmeta-analysismetforminneoadjuvant therapypCR

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PMID41161296
PMCPMC12576086

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