Cholesterol and cancer: answers and new questions

Editorial

Eric J Jacobs et al. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 Nov.

. 2009 Nov;18(11):2805-6.

doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-09-1027. Epub 2009 Nov 3.

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Prediagnostic total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and risk of cancer.
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Men with low serum cholesterol have a lower risk of high-grade prostate cancer in the placebo arm of the prostate cancer prevention trial.
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