Medindia LOGIN REGISTER
Medindia

Cholesterol Drugs may Lower Cancer-related Deaths in Women

by Iswarya on Oct 21 2020 12:04 PM

Among women with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or melanoma, those taking cholesterol-lowering drugs were less likely to die from cancer, finds a new study.

Cholesterol Drugs may Lower Cancer-related Deaths in Women
Cholesterol-lowering medication could reduce the death risk for women with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or melanoma, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.//
The analysis included 20,046,11,719 and 6,430 women in Australia who were diagnosed with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma, respectively, from 2003 to 2013.

The women had been prescribed cholesterol-lowering medications such as statins before their diagnosis.

The more consistently women took these medications in the year after being diagnosed with cancer, the lower their likelihood of dying from the disease, suggesting that the drugs may have anti-tumor effects.

"If this inverse adherence-response relationship is confirmed, cholesterol-lowering medications could be purposed as adjuvant treatment to improve cancer prognosis," stated co-author Jia-Li Feng, BMed, MMed, PhD, of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.

Source-Eurekalert


Advertisement