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Metformin Has a Positive Therapeutic Effect on Prostate Cancer in Patients With
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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Chong RW
; Vasudevan V
; Zuber J
; Solomon SS
Am J Med Sci
2016[Apr]; 351
(4
): 416-9
PMID27079349
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OBJECTIVE: Prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) are both common
diseases found in the elderly male population. The diabetic drug, metformin, has
been shown to have antineoplastic properties and demonstrated better treatment
outcomes when used as adjuvant therapy in patients with breast cancer. The
hormonally-sensitive cancer analogous to breast cancer in men is prostate cancer.
We investigated improved survival, lower risks of recurrences, and lower, more
stable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients with DM2 along with
prostate cancer on metformin. METHODS: Patients with prostate cancer along with
DM2 who remained on metformin were compared with controls who were not on
metformin matched by age, weight, race and Gleason score cancer staging. The
endpoints of our study included final PSA values, number of recurrences,
metastases and number living for each group. RESULTS: There were significantly
fewer deaths (23% versus 10%), fewer recurrences (15% versus 8%), fewer
metastases (5% versus 0%) and fewer secondary cancers (17% versus 6%) in the
metformin group (P < 0.004). The final PSA value was lower in the
metformin-treated group with a result approaching significance (P = 0.067). The
primary treatments for prostate cancer (ie, surgery, radiation and androgen
depletion) were found to be comparable in both the groups. CONCLUSIONS: Our
retrospective study shows that adjuvant metformin therapy leads to a better
prognosis in prostate cancer. Not only are PSA levels controlled for several
years but also there are significantly fewer cancer recurrences in
metformin-treated patients. Overall, these results are promising and should be
followed up with a prospective study to assess long-term survival.
|Aged
[MESH]
|Aged, 80 and over
[MESH]
|Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/diagnosis/*drug therapy/*epidemiology
[MESH]