The association of statin use after cancer diagnosis with survival in pancreatic cancer patients: a SEER-medicare analysis.

Pancreatic cancer has poor prognosis and existing interventions provide a modest benefit. Statin has anti-cancer properties that might enhance survival in pancreatic cancer patients. We sought to determine whether statin treatment after cancer diagnosis is associated with longer survival in those wi...

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Main Authors: Christie Y Jeon, Stephen J Pandol, Bechien Wu, Galen Cook-Wiens, Roberta A Gottlieb, C Noel Bairey Merz, Marc T Goodman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4382214?pdf=render