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Postdiagnostic Use of Statins, Metformin May Increase Breast Cancer Survival

Miriam Davis   |   Clinical Summary   |   05 September 2023
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Key findings

Postdiagnostic use of statins and metformin, but not low-dose aspirin, reduces the risk for breast cancer-specific death by 16%-30%, according to a Norwegian nationwide population-based cohort study appearing in Breast Cancer Research .

Background and/or implications

Biological mechanisms suggest breast cancer survival benefit from the three drugs under ...

          

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