Exposure to metformin lowered the risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer across skin types. However, it was not associated with reductions in squamous cell carcinoma risk among Black patients.
Knowing this helps your doctor decide which treatment you need. Unfortunately, Stage 4 melanoma skin cancer means the cancer is advanced. Treatment aims to control the cancer and help relieve symptoms ...
Metformin is now the most widely prescribed pill for type 2 diabetes, researchers said in background notes. Previous studies have suggested that metformin might lower a person’s risk of skin cancer.
one in three had skin cancer, making it the most common type of cancer in the country. Professor David Whiteman, Head of Cancer Control at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, says it’s ...