Prospective analysis of association between use of statins and melanoma risk in the Women's Health Initiative

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 5124-5131

  Jagtap, Deepa ^a   Rosenberg, Carol A ^b   Martin, Lisa W ^c   Pettinger, Mary ^d   Khandekar, Janardan ^b   Lane, Dorothy ^e   Ockene, Ira ^f   Simon, Michael S ^a,g  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer risk; cohort study; epidemiology; melanoma; statins

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; FLUINDOSTATIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84867320546     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27497     Document Type: Article

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