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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 86, Issue 9, Pages 1436-1439Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600267
Keywords
breast cancer; HMG Co-A reductase inhibitors; statins; hyperlipidaemia; case-control study
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- NCI NIH HHS [T32 CA009001, T32 CA 09001] Funding Source: Medline
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Hydroxymethyl glutaryl coenzyme A inhibitors ('statins') are carcinogenic in rodents and an increased incidence of breast cancer was reported among pravastatin users in one randomised trial, We conducted a case-control study in the General Practice Research Database to evaluate the risk of breast cancer among 50- to 79-year old women treated with statins for hyperlpidaemia, Case and control women were matched by age, general practice, duration of prescription history in the General Prac ice Research Database, and index date. Adjusting for history of benign breast disease, body mass index, and use of hormone replacement therapy, women currently treated with statins had an estimated relative risk for breast cancer of 1.0 (95% confidence interval 0.6-1.6) compared to women without hyperlipidaemia. Untreated hyperlipidaemia was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer (estimated relative risk 1.6; 95% confidence interval 1.1-2.5). The estimated relative risk among women currently receiving only non-statin lipid-lowering drugs was similar to that of women with untreated hyperlipidaemia (1.8; 95% confidence interval 0.9-3.4). We found no evidence for an increasing trend in breast cancer risk with increasing duration of statin use (median duration 1,8 years, maximum 8.6 years). (C) 2002 Cancer Research UK.
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