From: Statin drugs to reduce breast cancer recurrence and mortality
Cancer type | The effect of statin therapy on cancer | ||
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Incidence | Recurrence | Mortality | |
Breast | ↔ | ↔ (Hydrophilic statins) ↓ (All or lipophilic statins) | ↔ (Hydrophilic statins) ↓ (All or lipophilic statins) |
Prostate | ↔ | ↔ (Radical prostatectomy) ↓ (Radiotherapy) | ↓ (All, lipophilic, or hydrophilic statins) |
Lung | ↔ | ↔ (Pravastatin) ↓ (All statins) | ↔ (Pravastatin) ↓ (All statins) |
Colorectal | ↔ | ↓ (All statins) | ↓ (All statins) |
Primary liver | ↓ (All Statins) | ↓ (All statins or pravastatin) | ↓ (All statins or pravastatin) |