American Association for Cancer Research

Statins do not protect patients against risk of colorectal adenoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, May 4th, 2010

Statins did not protect patients against colorectal adenomas, which are benign precursors of colorectal cancer, according to results of a secondary analysis of the Adenoma Prevention with Celecoxib (APC) trial. In a population at high-risk for developing these lesions, results of this analysis suggested statin use may increase the risk of developing benign colorectal tumors.

Researchers presented results of this analysis at the American Association for Cancer Research 101st Annual Meeting 2010, held here, and full study results are published online in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the AACR.

"In this analysis, statins did not prevent the...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-05-04)

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