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Metformin, lung cancer, and the problem with academic publishing.

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This study appearing in Cancer Prevention Research used an excellent dataset and really high quality statistical methods to show that metformin does not cause, or prevent, lung cancer.  So why does the article and the press release focus on a small subpopulation?

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Metformin and Lung Cancer? Not So Fast | Medpage Today.