Cholesterol Drugs may Lower Cancer-related Deaths in Women

Among women with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or melanoma, those taking cholesterol-lowering drugs were less likely to die from cancer, finds a new study.

Cholesterol-lowering medication could reduce the death risk for women with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, or melanoma, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.//

The analysis included 20,046,11,719 and 6,430 women in Australia who were diagnosed with breast cancer, colorectal cancer, and melanoma, respectively, from 2003 to 2013.

Exercise in the Morning to Prevent Cancer
Physical activity done in the morning around 8am -10am throughout lifetime can reduce cancer risk. Researchers have found that time of the day of physical activity plays a crucial role in preventing the development of cancer risk.

TOP INSIGHT

Cholesterol-lowering medicines, primarily statins, could be repurposed as adjuvant therapy to improve cancer prognosis.

The women had been prescribed cholesterol-lowering medications such as statins before their diagnosis.

The more consistently women took these medications in the year after being diagnosed with cancer, the lower their likelihood of dying from the disease, suggesting that the drugs may have anti-tumor effects.

"If this inverse adherence-response relationship is confirmed, cholesterol-lowering medications could be purposed as adjuvant treatment to improve cancer prognosis," stated co-author Jia-Li Feng, BMed, MMed, PhD, of QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.

Cancer Can be Detected Using Tattoo Ink and Food Dyes
Detection of cancer is possible by using an imaging technique coupled with nanoparticles loaded with coloring agents such as tattoo inks and food dyes.

Source-Eurekalert

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines 2020
American Cancer Society updated the cervical cancer screening guidelines. The new guidelines are simple, and they reflect the developments in cervical cancer prevention.

Recent Advances and the Present Status of Breast cancer Management
The crab that invades the breast is no more a fear factor with all the advancements that medical science and customized protocols can fight breast cancer. the recent developments in the management of breast cancer.