title: Metformin: are potential benefits on cancer risk extended to cancer survival?
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS-lstituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy;
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosetti
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008687:Metformin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D008687:Metformin