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SUBMITTER: Chaiteerakij R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3565026 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chaiteerakij Roongruedee R Yang Ju Dong JD Harmsen William S WS Slettedahl Seth W SW Mettler Teresa A TA Fredericksen Zachary S ZS Kim W Ray WR Gores Gregory J GJ Roberts Rosebud O RO Olson Janet E JE Therneau Terry M TM Roberts Lewis R LR
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) 20121212 2
<h4>Unlabelled</h4>The associations between diabetes, smoking, obesity, and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) risk remain inconclusive. Metformin is purportedly associated with a reduced risk for various cancers. This case-control study evaluated risk factors for ICC and explored the effects of metformin on ICC risk in a clinic/hospital-based cohort. ICC patients observed at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) between January 2000 and May 2010 were identified. Age, sex, ethnicity, and residentia ...[more]