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. 2012 Dec 27;7(1):1-3.
doi: 10.3402/ljm.v7i0.20123.

Statins use and female lung cancer risk in Taiwan

Shih-Wei Lai  1 , Kuan-Fu Liao, Cheng-Li Lin, Fung-Chang Sung, Ya-Hsin Cheng
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Statins use and female lung cancer risk in Taiwan

Shih-Wei Lai et al. Libyan J Med. .

Abstract

In this present study, we found that the use of rosuvastatin with cumulative using duration >12 months could correlate with 2.8-fold increased risk of lung cancer in women. We did not have specific comments on these results. Further prospective clinical studies of statins use are needed to elucidate this issue.

Keywords: lung cancer; statins.

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