It seems that a medicine called statin that lowers blood cholesterol inhibits the progression of prostate cancer. Is it a direct anticancer effect of statins? Or is it the effect of lowering cholesterol? If so, will other hyperlipidemia drugs work?
It seems that a medicine called statin that lowers blood cholesterol inhibits the progression of prostate cancer. Is it a direct anticancer effect of statins? Or is it the effect of lowering cholesterol? If so, will other hyperlipidemia drugs work?Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in men using statins and non-statin lipid-lowering drugs.Prostate cancer incidence and mortality in men using statins and non-statin lipid-lowering drugs.
