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'Cheap' diabetes drug could help combat prostate cancer
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Posted online: Monday, July 16, 2012 at 3:56:46 PM
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The findings support a 2009 study, which found that men taking metformin every day to control their diabetes were up to 44 per cent less likely to develop prostate cancer.
"We compared what the prostate cancer looked like when it was first diagnosed to what it looked like when it was removed. And although these are preliminary results, it appeared to reduce the growth rate of prostate cancer in a proportion of men," said Dr Anthony Joshua, a cancer specialist who carried out the latest study.
Metformin works by reducing the amount of glucose produced by the liver and helping cells mop up sugar that is circulating in the bloodstream, preventing damage from excessive blood sugar levels.
Eleanor Barrie, Cancer Research UK's senior science information officer, noted: "Larger trials will tell us more in the next few years."
Source-ANI
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