Metformin, a medication indicated to treat type II diabetes, may actually be used to prevent or even treat prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer, liver cancer. Multiple studies have shown that the antidiabetic drug can reduce the incidence and mortality of cancer in diabetic patients. This video introduces the latest scientific findings: Metformin can activates immune cells to kill tumors. Metformin acts like PD-L1 anticancer drugs.
二甲雙胍是一種用於治療 II 型糖尿病的藥物，實際上可用於預防甚至治療前列腺癌、結直腸癌、乳腺癌、食道癌、胰腺癌、肝癌。 多項研究表明，降糖藥可以降低糖尿病患者的癌症發病率和死亡率。 該視頻介紹了最新的科學發現：二甲雙胍可以激活免疫細胞殺死腫瘤。 二甲雙胍的作用類似於 PD-L1 抗癌藥物。
Suggested reads:
Metformin: current clinical applications in nondiabetic patients with cancer
Mechanisms of metformin inhibiting cancer invasion and migration
Other videos by Dr. Zhang
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