Doctors seek to prevent breast cancer recurrence by lowering insulin levels

J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Apr 16;100(8):530-2. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djn119. Epub 2008 Apr 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Adenylate Kinase / drug effects
  • Adenylate Kinase / metabolism
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Breast Neoplasms / blood
  • Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Canada / epidemiology
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Exercise*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / pharmacology
  • Incidence
  • Insulin / blood*
  • Metformin / pharmacology*
  • Metformin / therapeutic use
  • Overweight / blood
  • Primary Prevention / methods*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • Metformin
  • Adenylate Kinase