Metformin and Exercise in Cancer: Better Together

Vuk Stambolic^{1

2}, Ryan J O Dowling^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Editorial

Vuk Stambolic et al. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2019.

. 2019 Nov 20;4(1):pkz097.

doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkz097. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Vuk Stambolic^{1

2}, Ryan J O Dowling^{1

2}

¹ Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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Randomized Phase II Trial of Exercise, Metformin, or Both on Metabolic Biomarkers in Colorectal and Breast Cancer Survivors.
Meyerhardt JA, Irwin ML, Jones LW, Zhang S, Campbell N, Brown JC, Pollak M, Sorrentino A, Cartmel B, Harrigan M, Tolaney SM, Winer E, Ng K, Abrams T, Fuchs CS, Sanft T, Douglas PS, Hu F, Ligibel JA. Meyerhardt JA, et al. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2019 Nov 20;4(1):pkz096. doi: 10.1093/jncics/pkz096. eCollection 2020 Feb. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2019. PMID: 32090192 Free PMC article.

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