No evidence for a decreased risk of thyroid cancer in association with use of metformin or other antidiabetic drugs: a case-control study.

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Published in BMC Cancer on October 16, 2015

Authors

Claudia Becker1, Susan S Jick2, Christoph R Meier3,4,5, Michael Bodmer6

Author Affiliations

1: Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacy and Epidemiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 27, 4031, Basel, Switzerland. Claudia.Becker@usb.ch.
2: Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University School of Public Health, Lexington, MA, USA. sjick@bu.edu.
3: Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacy and Epidemiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 27, 4031, Basel, Switzerland. christoph.meier@usb.ch.
4: Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University School of Public Health, Lexington, MA, USA. christoph.meier@usb.ch.
5: Hospital Pharmacy, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. christoph.meier@usb.ch.
6: Basel Pharmacoepidemiology Unit, Division of Clinical Pharmacy and Epidemiology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, St. Johanns-Vorstadt 27, 4031, Basel, Switzerland. mi.bodmer@unibas.ch.

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