Metformin could treat breast cancer patients

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10p diabetes drug could treat breast cancer patients

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...-drug-could-treat-breast-cancer-patients.html

If cancer cells are consuming high-energy food, this makes a tumour more aggressive and harder to treat. However, patients could benefit from metformin, which cuts off this fuel supply. There is more work to do but this test could be an important new way of tailoring treatments to a patient’s needs, across a range of cancers.”