The relationship between Statins and the risk of lung cancer

Authors

  • Hamid Salehiniya Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
  • Khadijah Allah Bakeshei Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Dezful, Iran
  • Fatemeh Allah Bakeshei Student Research Committee, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v5i5.439

Abstract

Lung cancer is the leading cause of death from cancer. There are annually around 1600000 of new cases and more than 1400000 deaths from this disease worldwide. Lung cancer accounted for 26% of death from cancer in females in the United States in 2012 and 29% of death from cancer in males. Statins are known as the most commonly prescribed drugs worldwide. Statins are usually used as the cholesterol-lowering drugs. The recent studies have proved the benefits of Statins in reducing the mortality and incidence of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Author Biography

  • Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
    amohamadii1361@gmail.com

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Published

2018-05-15

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 5 (2018)

Section

Letter to Editor

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

How to Cite

The relationship between Statins and the risk of lung cancer. (2018). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 5(5), 2268-2270. https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v5i5.439