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April 22, 2005
Diabetes drug 'may stop cancers'
A drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes may prevent cancer, researchers have said.
The team studied cancer rates among 6,000 people with diabetes and found those who took metformin cut their risk of all tumour types by more than 25%.
Hyscience has more.
Posted by Diabetologica at April 22, 2005 1:53 AM