Insulin therapy and risk of prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.
<h4>Background</h4>Previous observational studies have shown that insulin therapy may modify the risk of prostate cancer (PCa). However, these studies yielded controversial results. Thus, we performed this meta-analysis to determine whether insulin use was associated with PCa risk in pat...
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Main Authors: | Yan-bo Chen, Qi Chen, Zhong Wang, Juan Zhou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0081594 |
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