Prognostic influence of metformin as first-line chemotherapy for advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes
β Scribed by Ben-Xu Tan; Wen-Xiu Yao; Jun Ge; Xing-Chen Peng; Xiao-Bo Du; Ru Zhang; Bin Yao; Ke Xie; Long-Hao Li; Hang Dong; Feng Gao; Feng Zhao; Jian-Mei Hou; Jing-Mei Su; Ji-Yan Liu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 260 KB
- Volume
- 117
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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