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Statin use, hyperlipidaemia, and the risk of breast cancer

Hydroxymethyl glutaryl coenzyme A inhibitors (‘statins’) are carcinogenic in rodents and an increased incidence of breast cancer was reported among pravastatin users in one randomised trial. We conducted a case–control study in the General Practice Research Database to evaluate the risk of breast ca...

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Autores principales: Kaye, J A, Meier, C R, Walker, A M, Jick, H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2375376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11986777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600267