Do statins prevent clots in cancer patients?
A class of drugs commonly utilized to lower cholesterol may have a future in preventing blood clots in patients with breast lung colon and other solid-organ cancers. Research conducted by a team at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia has shown that cancer patients taking statins had a decreased incidence of clots compared with patients not using the medications. But experts have added caution noting that the results which were due to be presented at the American College of Chest Physicians’ annual meeting in Philadelphia are not yet ready for the general public. Even the research team conceded the preliminary nature of the results. The author of the study Dr. Danai Khemasuwan called the results “thought-provoking ” but also said that randomized controlled studies would obviously be needed before the findings can be applied in the clinical arena. Experts agreed with that analysis. “This preliminary analysis is interesting but far from confirmatory ” commented Dr. Carl “Ch
