Statins and Cancer: A Complex Relationship Worth Exploring

Overview

Journal Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

Publisher MDPI

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2023 Nov 25

PMID 38004436

Authors

Jacek Bil

Affiliations

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Abstract

This Special Issue, entitled "Statins and Cancer", aims to demonstrate recent and new advances and future trends in using statins in the field of oncology [...].

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