Open AccessEffect of statins on gastric cancer incidence: A meta-Analysis of case control studies
Author(s) -
Zhiyuan Ma,
Wenjin Wang,
Guoyin Jin,
Pei Yi Chu,
Haitao Li
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.138218
Subject(s) - meta analysis , medicine , statin , cancer , observational study , randomized controlled trial , incidence (geometry) , medline , relative risk , publication bias , oncology , confidence interval , physics , political science , law , optics
Gastric cancer is among the leading causes of cancer-related death worldwide, especially in Eastern Asia, Eastern Europe and South America. Statin is one of the most widely used medications for hypercholesterolemia. Several meta-analyses have failed to determine the relationship between statins and gastric cancer.