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Statin therapy in the treatment of active cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

BACKGROUND: Preclinical evidence suggests statins may have anti-tumor properties. Large observational studies are also consistent with improved survival and cancer-specific outcomes among cancer patients on statins. We sought to evaluate the randomized controlled trials of statins in addition to usu...

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Autores principales: Farooqi, Mohammed A. M., Malhotra, Nikita, Mukherjee, Som D., Sanger, Stephanie, Dhesy-Thind, Sukhbinder K., Ellis, Peter, Leong, Darryl P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6301687/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30571754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209486