Common diabetes drug may treat ovarian cancer

Monday, December 3, 2012 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than patients who did not take it, a new shows. The findings may play an important role for researchers as they study the use of existing medications to treat different or new diseases.

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