Researchers from Hanyang University Publish Research in Prostate Cancer (Risk analysis of metformin use in prostate cancer: a national population-based study): Oncology – Prostate Cancer

Disease Prevention Daily

2023 DEC 08 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily -- New research on prostate cancer is the subject of a new report. According to news originating from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “AbstractIntroduction Various approaches are required to prevent and treat heterogeneity-based prostate cancer. Here, we analyzed the anticancer effects of metformin, which has a good toxicity profile and is inexpensive.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from Hanyang University: “From January 2010 to December 2019, analysis was conducted retrospectively in a cohort from the National Health Insurance Service database. The wash-out period was set for cancer diagnosis in 2010 and 2011, and subjects (105,279) diagnosed with prostate cancer (ICD C61) from 2012 to 2014 were excluded The final subjects (105,216) were defined as the metformin administration group when they took metformin for 180 days or more from January 2012 to December 2019. The non-metformin group was defined as those who took less than 180 days from January 2012 to December 2019. The prevalence of prostate cancer according to metformin administration and the risk according to the cumulative duration of metformin were analyzed. A total of 105,216 people were included in this study, with 59,844 in the metformin group and 45,372 in the metformin non-administration group. When calculating HRs (Hazard Rate) according to the cumulative period of metformin administration, metformin administration period length was inversely associated with prostate cancer risk (Q2 HR = 0.791 95% CI: 0.773-0.81, Q3 HR = 0.634 95% CI: 0.62-0.649, Q4 HR = 0.571 95% CI: 0.558-0.585). HRs tended to decrease with the cumulative duration of metformin administration.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “This study confirmed that prostate cancer risk decreased with increasing duration of metformin administration. Metformin should be considered as a new strategy in the treatment and prevention of prostate cancer characterized by heterogeneity.”

For more information on this research see: Risk analysis of metformin use in prostate cancer: a national population-based study. The Aging Male, 2023,26(1). The publisher for The Aging Male is Taylor & Francis Group.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/13685538.2022.2156497.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting Jung Ki Jo, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Hae Kyung Song, YongKi Heo, Mi Jeong Kim, Yun Jin Kim.