Skip to main content
Log in

Statins and pancreatic cancer risk

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
Journal of Gastroenterology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Chen MJ, Tsan YT, Liou JM, et al. Statins and the risk of pancreatic cancer in type 2 diabetic patients—a population-based cohort study. Int J Cancer. 2016;138:594–603.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Hamada T, Khalaf N, Yuan C, et al. Statin use and pancreatic cancer risk in two prospective cohort studies. J Gastroenterol. 2018;53:959–66.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Chiu HF, Chang CC, Ho SC, et al. Statin use and the risk of pancreatic cancer: a population-based case–control study. Pancreas. 2011;40:669–72.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Ministry of Health and Welfare Taiwan. Taiwan health and welfare report. 2018. https://www.mohwgovtw. Accessed 1 Oct 2019 (English version).

  5. Lai SW, Lin CL, Chang Ou KC, et al. Association between acute pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019;31:896–7.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Kirkegard J, Lund JL, Mortensen FV, et al. Statins and pancreatic cancer risk in patients with chronic pancreatitis: a Danish nationwide population-based cohort study. Int J Cancer. 2020;146:610–6.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Bang UC, Watanabe T, Bendtsen F. The relationship between the use of statins and mortality, severity, and pancreatic cancer in Danish patients with chronic pancreatitis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018;30:346–51.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Contributions

S-WL contributed to the conception of the article, initiated the draft of the article, and has approved the final draft submitted. Y-HK and K-FL conducted data analysis.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Shih-Wei Lai.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors disclose no conflicts of interest.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

This comment refers to the article available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-018-1430-x.

An author's reply to this comment is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-020-01676-w.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lai, SW., Kuo, YH. & Liao, KF. Statins and pancreatic cancer risk. J Gastroenterol 55, 471–472 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-020-01675-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-020-01675-x

Navigation