This paper was published in Hepatogastroenterology 2011 May-Jun;58(107-108):1057-61
Study title and author:
Statins and gastric cancer risk.
Shimoyama S
Gastrointestinal Unit, Settlement Clinic, Towa, Tokyo, Japan. shimoyama@apost.plala.or.jp
This paper can be accessed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21830442
This paper reviewed the scientific literature concerning the effect of statins on gastric cancer incidence published between 1993 and 2008.
The author found:
(a) Statin users had a 37% increase in gastric cancer risk.
(b) Statin users had a 20% increase in upper gastrointestinal cancer.
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