Statins may benefit prostate cancer patients
February 24th, 2010 Posted in prostate cancerDuke University Medical Center researchers found cholesterol-lowering statins significantly reduce prostate tumor inflammation. This new study suggests this finding may help lower the risk of disease progression
Researchers concluded that the use of statins before prostate cancer surgery was associated with a 69 percent reduced likelihood of inflammation inside prostate tumors. For the study, the researchers investigated tissue samples of prostate tumors from 236 men undergoing prostate cancer surgery, including 37 who took statins during the year prior to their surgery.
The study senior author Dr. Stephen Freedland said that doesn’t mean that all prostate cancer patients should take statins.