Statins: a repurposed drug to fight cancer

W Jiang, JW Hu, XR He, WL Jin, XY He - Journal of Experimental & …, 2021 - Springer
As competitive HMG-CoA reductase (HMGCR) inhibitors, statins not only reduce cholesterol
and improve cardiovascular risk, but also exhibit pleiotropic effects that are independent of …

New insights into the therapeutic potentials of statins in cancer

C Liu, H Chen, B Hu, J Shi, Y Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The widespread clinical use of statins has contributed to significant reductions of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Increasing preclinical and epidemiological …

Cancer progress and priorities: uterine cancer

AS Felix, LA Brinton - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
Background Uterine corpus cancer is the most common invasive gynecologic cancer among
US women. Studies of endometrial cancers, which comprise approximately 90% of all …

Statins use and cancer: an update

M Zaleska, O Mozenska, J Bil - Future Oncology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
After initial concerns regarding the association of statins with increased incidences of cancer
and elevated cancer-related mortality, there are now plenty of data on the antitumor …

Attempts to use statins in cancer therapy: An update

L Matusewicz, A Czogalla, AF Sikorski - Tumor Biology, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Although it could be speculated that almost everything has been said concerning the use of
statins in cancer therapy, statins as anticancer drugs have both committed supporters and …

[HTML][HTML] Ovary and uterus related adverse events associated with statin use: an analysis of the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System

X Jiao, H Li, X Jiao, Y Guo, C Zhang, C Yang, L Zeng… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Experimental studies have demonstrated statin-induced toxicity for ovary and uterus.
However, the safety of statins on the functions of ovary and uterus in real-world clinical …

Statin therapy: a potential adjuvant to immunotherapies in hepatocellular carcinoma

J Wang, C Liu, R Hu, L Wu, C Li - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide and
accounts for more than 90% of primary liver cancer. The advent of immune checkpoint …

Effects of the prior use of statins on head and neck cancer risk: a hospital-based case–control study

C Saka-Herrán, E Jané-Salas, A Mano-Azul… - Pharmaceuticals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mechanisms related to the potential beneficial effects of statins on cancer are mainly related
to the inhibition of the mevalonate pathway. The purpose of this study was to assess the …

Statin use and the risk of ovarian and endometrial cancers: a meta-analysis

Y Wang, F Ren, Z Song, P Chen, S Liu, L Ouyang - BMC cancer, 2019 - Springer
Background The relationship between statin use and the risk of ovarian or endometrial
cancer remains controversial. Here, we investigated the relationship between statin use and …

Association between statin use and the risk, prognosis of gynecologic cancer: a meta-analysis

Y Chen, L Han, A Zheng - European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Recent evidence has demonstrated that the salutary effect of statins on the
prevention and prognosis of cancers, including gynecologic cancers. However, due to the …