Common Cholesterol drug statins cuts breast cancer

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ORLANDO - Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins also cut the risk of breast cancer by more than 50 percent, according to research made public at the annual American Society of Clinical Oncology conference. Statins, found in popular drugs such as Lipitor or Zocor, can also lower the risk of lung or prostate cancer by 48 percent and 54 percent respectively, according to separate recent studies. "If our results are confirmed, I think statins will have a significant chemopreventive role in wo ... (more)  

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