Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of 18 Studies Involving More Than 1.5 Million Patients | Zendy

Stefanos Bonovas | Zendy; Kalitsa Filioussi | Zendy; Christodoulos Flordellis | Zendy; Nikolaos M. Sitaras | Zendy

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Statins and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis of 18 Studies Involving More Than 1.5 Million Patients

Author(s) -

Stefanos Bonovas,

Kalitsa Filioussi,

Christodoulos Flordellis,

Nikolaos M. Sitaras

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of clinical oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482

H-Index - 548

eISSN - 1527-7755

pISSN - 0732-183X

DOI - 10.1200/jco.2007.10.8936

Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , meta analysis , relative risk , publication bias , statin , randomized controlled trial , cohort study , oncology , random effects model , cancer , study heterogeneity , confidence interval

Statins have been suggested to prevent colorectal cancer. Several epidemiologic studies have evaluated this association, whereas randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on cardiovascular outcomes provide relevant data as a secondary end point. Our aim was to examine the strength of this association through a detailed meta-analysis of the studies published on the subject in peer-reviewed literature.

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