Statins use and female lung cancer risk in Taiwan
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In 1 1The first two authors contributed equally to this study. this present study, we found that the use of rosuvastatin with cumulative using duration >12 months could correlate with 2.8-fold increased risk of lung cancer in women. We did not have specific comments on these results. Further prospective clinical studies of statins use are needed to elucidate this issue.
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دوره 7 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2012