Association of Statin Use with the Risk of Incident Prostate Cancer: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

• Published in: Journal of oncology Vol. 2022; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Xu, Meng-Yao, An, Ye, Liu, Chen-Qian, Xu, Jin-Zhou, Zhong, Xing-Yu, Zeng, Na, Sun, Jian-Xuan, Xia, Qi-Dong, Wang, Shao-Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Egypt Hindawi 13.12.2022; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Androgens; Bias; Body mass index; Cancer; Cholesterol; Clinical trials; Cohort analysis; Confidence intervals; Drug dosages; Health aspects; Meta-analysis; Mortality; Oncology, Experimental; Prostate cancer; Statins; Systematic review; Urology; United Kingdom

Background. With the growth and aging of population, the incidence of prostate cancer will increase year by year, which is bound to bring greater economic burden to the society. There has been greater interest in the anticancer effects of statin in recent years. It is controversial whether statin us...