%0 Journal Article
%T Metformin for the Prevention of Bladder Cancer Recurrence: Is it Effective?
%A Alireza Ghadian
%A Fatemeh Heidari
%A Seyed Hassan Mir Hosseini
%A Shahin Abbas Zade
%J Archive of "Nephro-urology Monthly".
%D 2016
%R 10.5812/numonthly.30261
%X Many methods have been used for preventing and reducing recurrences of bladder cancers. In recent years, some investigators have examined the use of metformin for this purpose. First lines of evidence have shown that metformin inhibits cancer cell growth and prevents cancer occurrence in patients with type 2 diabetes
%K Bladder Tumor
%K Metformin
%K Tumor Recurrence
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4983155/