Hans Robert Schönherr's scientific contributions

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Diabetes mellitus affects 9% of the adult population worldwide and the economic burden of the disease is growing exponentially. In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), when life style interventions fail to achieve treatment targets, oral antidiabetic drugs are prescribed to improve glycemic control. Several new oral antidiabetics have been launched in...
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Recent meta-analyses revealed an association between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and cancer. The strongest relationship was demonstrated for liver and pancreatic cancer, followed by endometrial cancer. We aimed at assessing the association between T2DM and cancer specifically for Tyrolean patients. We investigated cancer incidence in Tyrolean s...

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... Metformin is indicated as a first-line glucose lowering agent for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), 1 though it has been frequently associated with gastrointestinal symptoms than most other oral glucose lowering agents. 2,3 Moreover, although metformin is still recommended as a drug of choice for patients with T2DM, [4][5][6] there are increasing reports demanding a more personalized approaches in its use. 7,8 Previous studies reported that the variability to metformin treatment associated incidence of side effects is related to differences in individual genetic profile. ...
... 6 One potential source of bias is the temporal sequence of the diagnoses, and, therefore, it is important to assess the link between these two conditions over time. [7][8][9] Some studies have evaluated the temporal relationship, but the results have been inconsistent. A study by Lega et al. (2016) demonstrated that the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes was associated with elevated risks of pancreatic, endometrial, liver, and thyroid cancers during the first 3 months as well as up to 10 years after the onset of diabetes. ...