statins

March 6, 2020March 23, 2020

Women With Low LDL Have Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk, Genetic Analysis Shows

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Women with naturally lower levels of LDL cholesterol have less risk of ovarian cancer, regardless of mutations in BRCA genes, a genetic analysis study revealed. The findings suggest a role ... Read more

March 16, 2018March 16, 2018

Metformin, Statins Do Not Reduce Incidence of Ovarian Cancer in Women with Type 2 Diabetes, Study Says

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Women with type 2 diabetes taking metformin or statins are not less likely to develop epithelial ovarian cancer than any other type 2 diabetes patient, a large Finnish cohort study ... Read more

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017

Diet May Be Reason Pitavastatin, a Statin, Failed to Arrest Ovarian Cancer in Clinical Trials, Study Says

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Pitavastatin, part of a class of statins widely used to lower blood cholesterol levels, was found to successfully target ovarian cancer cells and reduce tumor growth in mice, according to a ... Read more