data were 21 studies, including more than 130 000 patients, comparing statins vs placebo controls, and five studies, with approximately 40 000 patients, examining different statin doses. Overall, there was no risk of cancer with statin therapy, and there was no increased risk observed among patients treated with higher statin doses. Numerically, the number of patients who developed cancer was nearly identical in the statin and control arms and in the statin trials comparing higher vs lower doses.
AUGUST 30, 2010 | Michael O'Riordan