The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 302-309 , April 2008

Statins and Cancer Risk

  • Igor Karp, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Population Health Axis, Research Centre, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospita, Quebec, Canada
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  • Hassan Behlouli, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospita, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jacques LeLorier, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics Unit, Research Center, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospita, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Medicine, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Internal Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
    • Corresponding Author InformationRequests for reprints should be addressed to Louise Pilote, MD, MPH, PhD, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, V Building, Room 2.17, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A1.

 This study was undertaken as part of the Gender and Sex Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease (GENESIS) project, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institutes of Gender and Health and Circulatory and Respiratory Health, and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr Pilote is a research scholar of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and a William Dawson Professor at McGill University. None of the authors have financial interest or conflict with regard to the content discussed in this manuscript. Dr Pilote had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

PII: S0002-9343(08)00074-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.12.011

The American Journal of Medicine
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 302-309 , April 2008

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