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Statin Cholesterol Drugs and Invasive Breast Cancer

April 28, 2014

NF-Apr28-Statin-Cholesterol-Drugs-and-Invasive-Breast-Cancer-460x200.jpg?c3d2ddReducing cholesterol levels may inhibit breast cancer development, but the long-term use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs is associated with more than double the risk of both types of breast cancer: invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma.