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Diabetic men on metformin (but not other anti-diabetic medicines) had longer survival.


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Diabetic men on metformin (but not other anti-diabetic medicines) had longer survival.
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Metformin use and all-cause and prostate-cancer-specific mortality among diabetic men.
 
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There was no relationship between cumulative use of other anti-diabetic drugs and either outcome. Conclusions: Increased cumulative duration of metformin exposure after prostate cancer diagnosis was associated with decreases in both all-cause and prostate-cancer-specific mortality among diabetic men.
 
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