METNET: a phase II trial of metformin in patients with well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumours

João Glasberg^1,2, Aley Talans^3,4, Thomás Rivelli Giollo¹, Débora Zachello Recchimuzzi¹, João Evangelista Bezerra Neto¹, Rossana Veronica Mendonza Lopez⁵, Paulo Marcelo Gehm Hoff¹ and Rachel P Riechelmann^2,6

ecancer 16 1369 (2022) https://doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2022.1369

¹Department of Clinical Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

²Post Graduate Program, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

³Department of Medical Radiology, Fleury Group, São Paulo, Brazil

⁴Department of Medical Radiology, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil

⁵Center for Translational Research in Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo – FMUSP, São Paulo, Brazil

⁶Department of Clinical Oncology, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil

Keywords: neuroendocrine tumours, metformin, cancer treatment

Correspondence to: Rachel P Riechelmann
Email: rachel.riechelmann@accamargo.org.br

Published: 04/07/2022
Received: 14/06/2022

Publication costs for this article were supported by ecancer (UK Charity number 1176307).

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Thomás Rivelli Giollo is corrected to Thomás Giollo Rivelli