Individual and joint effects of metformin and statins on mortality among patients with high‐risk prostate cancer
Tan X, E J, Lin Y, Rebbeck T, Lu S, Shang M, Kelly W, D'Amico A, Stein M, Zhang L, Jang T, Kim I, Demissie K, Ferrari A, Lu‐Yao G. Individual and joint effects of metformin and statins on mortality among patients with high‐risk prostate cancer. Cancer Medicine 2020, 9: 2379-2389. PMID: 32035002, PMCID: PMC7131852, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.2862.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk PCaPCa mortalityCause mortalityPopulation-based retrospective cohort studyHigh-risk prostate cancerCox proportional hazards modelRetrospective cohort studyHigh-risk patientsFirst human studyProstate cancer metastasisCause of deathProportional hazards modelPre-clinical studiesMetformin useCohort studyProstate cancerStatinsHazards modelHuman studiesPatientsMetforminSignificant associationMortalityPropensity scoreCancer metastasis