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Metformin - two effects for the price of one


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Metformin in prostate cancer: Two for the price of one - Abstract

Tue, 12 April 2011

Department of Medical Oncology, Westmead Cancer Care Centre, Sydney, Australia.

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer treatment induces a metabolic syndrome, which may contribute to non-cancer-related morbidity and mortality. Metformin may abrogate these effects. Additionally, metformin has potential antineoplastic activity in various malignancies including prostate cancer.

A literature review using PubMed with the keywords: AMPK, androgen deprivation therapy, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, metformin and prostate cancer was undertaken.

This overview will look at the current evidence linking ADT and metabolic syndrome while discussing ongoing clinical trials under way assessing the effectiveness of metformin in abrogating these effects. The potential antineoplastic activity of metformin, mediated by multiple proposed mechanisms based on evidence from preclinical and clinical studies, will also be elucidated in this review.

Overall available data support the potential dual benefit of metformin on ADT-induced metabolic syndrome and in its antineoplastic activity in prostate cancer, justifying the need for ongoing clinical trials to confirm these effects as the evidence currently available for standard practice is lacking.

Written by:

Clements A, Gao B, Yeap SH, Wong MK, Ali SS, Gurney H.

Reference: Ann Oncol. 2011 Mar 18. Epub ahead of print.

doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdr037

PubMed Abstract

PMID: 21421541 Forum: Every little bit helps Title: Metformin - two effects for the price of one

This extract can be found on http://PubMed.com, and is in the public domain.

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