Commonly used diabetes drug may help to prevent primary liver cancer, study suggests
Sunday, April 1, 2012 - 11:31
in Health & Medicine
Metformin, a drug widely used to treat Type 2 diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer, researchers report. The medication, which is derived from the French lilac, is being studied in connection with the prevention of a variety of cancers. This preclinical study is the first to focus on liver cancer.