Metformin inhibits breast cancer cell growth, colony formation and induces cell cycle arrest in vitro.

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Published in Cell Cycle on March 26, 2009

Authors

Irina N Alimova1, Bolin Liu, Zeying Fan, Susan M Edgerton, Thomas Dillon, Stuart E Lind, Ann D Thor

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA.

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