Association of metformin with breast cancer incidence and mortality in patients with type II diabetes: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis

GH Tang, M Satkunam, GR Pond, GR Steinberg… - … , biomarkers & prevention, 2018 - AACR
Background: Preclinical data suggest that metformin may reduce breast cancer incidence
and improve cancer prognosis. However, the current evidence in observational studies is …

Milk—A nutrient system of mammalian evolution promoting mTORC1-dependent translation

BC Melnik - International journal of molecular sciences, 2015 - mdpi.com
Based on own translational research of the biochemical and hormonal effects of cow's milk
consumption in humans, this review presents milk as a signaling system of mammalian …

Diabetes risk reduction diet and survival after breast cancer diagnosis

T Wang, MS Farvid, JH Kang, MD Holmes, BA Rosner… - Cancer research, 2021 - AACR
Type II diabetes is associated with poor breast cancer prognosis. To study the association
between a diabetes risk reduction diet (DRRD) and survival following breast cancer, we …

The effects of metformin and weight loss on biomarkers associated with breast cancer outcomes

RE Patterson, CR Marinac, DD Sears… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background This study investigated the effects of metformin and weight loss on biomarkers
associated with breast cancer prognosis. Methods Overweight/obese postmenopausal …

Use of metformin and risk of breast and colorectal cancer

G Rennert, HS Rennert, N Gronich, M Pinchev… - Diabetes Research and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Diabetes has been associated with increased risk of cancer, including breast
cancer and colorectal cancer. Metformin, an oral hypoglycemic drug, but not other anti …

Consumption of sugar‐sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages and breast cancer survival

MS Farvid, ND Spence, BA Rosner, WY Chen… - Cancer, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The activation of insulin pathways is hypothesized to promote tumor growth and
worsen breast cancer survival. Sugar‐sweetened beverages (SSBs) can lead to a higher …

Diabetes treatments and risks of adverse breast cancer outcomes among early-stage breast cancer patients: a SEER-medicare analysis

LU Chen, J Chubak, DM Boudreau, WE Barlow… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
The widely prescribed diabetes medicine metformin has been reported to lower the risk of
incident breast cancer, but it is unclear whether it affects malignant progression after …

Postdiagnostic dietary glycemic index, glycemic load, dietary insulin index, and insulin load and breast cancer survival

MS Farvid, RM Tamimi, EM Poole, WY Chen… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2021 - AACR
Background: We investigated the associations of postdiagnostic dietary glycemic index (GI),
glycemic load (GL), insulin index (II), and insulin load (IL) with breast cancer–specific and all …

Characteristics associated with nonadherence to medications for hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia among breast cancer survivors

GS Calip, JG Elmore, DM Boudreau - Breast cancer research and …, 2017 - Springer
Objective Comorbidity among breast cancer survivors is prevalent, and adherence to
medication management of comorbidities may be important for both chronic disease and …

Polypharmacy and adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer

GS Calip, S Xing, DH Jun, WJ Lee… - Journal of oncology …, 2017 - ascopubs.org
Purpose: Many patients with breast cancer are treated for other conditions and experience
polypharmacy with multiple concurrent medications. Our aim was to evaluate polypharmacy …