Population-wide impacts of aspirin, statins, and metformin use on prostate cancer incidence and mortality

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 16171 - 9
• Main Authors: Koo, Hye Yeon, Jeong, Su-Min, Cho, Mi Hee, Chun, Sohyun, Shin, Dong Wook, Park, Jinsung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.08.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 692/308/174; 692/699/67; 692/699/67/2195; 692/699/67/2324; 692/699/67/589; 692/699/67/589/466; Antidiabetics; Aspirin; Diabetes mellitus; Drug dosages; Humanities and Social Sciences; Medical screening; Metformin; Mortality; multidisciplinary; Prostate cancer; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Statins

We evaluated the association between aspirin, statins, and metformin use and prostate cancer (PC) incidence and mortality using a large population-based dataset. 388,760 men who participated in national health screening program in Korea during 2002–2003 were observed from 2004 to 2013. Hazard ratios...