Protective Effect of Metformin against Thyroid Cancer Development: a Population-based Study in Korea.

CONCLUSIONS: Metformin had a preventive effect on thyroid cancer development in a nationwide population-based study, but was not effective in the early phase of treatment. Considering the increasing prevalence of obesity and the role of insulin resistance in the development of cancer, metformin might be the preferred treatment for its dual anti-diabetic and anti-tumor effects. PMID: 29808777 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research