Abstract:
:An employee undergoing cancer treatment was prescribed metformin, a medication used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes and currently used as adjunct therapy for cancer. Metformin's anti-inflammatory properties inhibit tumor growth. It is speculated that cancer cells develop a metabolism that enhances aerobic glycolysis, which promotes cell growth and increases the need for glucose. Metformin decreases insulin in the blood, which decreases the amount of glucose available to cancer cells, thus starving the cells of nutrition, resulting in cell death. This case study explores the role of metformin in cancer treatment, with implications for occupational health nurses.
journal_name
Workplace Health Safjournal_title
Workplace health & safetyauthors
Lurati ARdoi
10.1177/2165079917719467subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-12-01 00:00:00pages
568-571issue
12eissn
2165-0799issn
2165-0969journal_volume
65pub_type
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