Assessing the relationship between statin use and oncologic outcomes among men electing active surveillance for localized prostate cancer.
Yaw A NyameLamont WilkinsDaniel J GreeneVishnu GanesanCharles DaiNima AlmassiAndrew J StephensonMichael GongRyan BerglundEric E KleinPublished in: Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases (2019)
Statin use was not associated with any clinical benefit with regard to disease reclassification, progression to definitive treatment, or surveillance failure among men selecting active surveillance at our institution. There was a 2% decrease in the odds of adverse pathology for each month of statin use among the men who progressed to radical prostatectomy while on active surveillance, but it is unclear at this time if this association has any durable impact on surveillance outcomes among men with favorable risk prostate cancer.