Jacob A Gordon, Carlo Buonerba, Gregory Pond, Daniel Crona, Silke Gillessen, Giuseppe Lucarelli, Sabrina Rossetti, Tanya Dorff, Salvatore Artale, Jennifer A Locke, Davide Bosso, Matthew Ivan Milowsky, Mira Sofie Witek, Michele Battaglia, Sandro Pignata, Cyrus Cherhroudi, Michael E Cox, Pietro De Placido, Dario Ribera, Aurelius Omlin, Gaetano Buonocore, Kim Chi, Christian Kollmannsberger, Daniel Khalaf, Gaetano Facchini, Guru Sonpavde, Sabino De Placido, Bernhard J Eigl, Giuseppe Di Lorenzo
Background: Statins may potentiate the effects of anti-hormonal agents for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) through further disruption of essential steroidogenic processes. We investigated the effects of statin use on clinical outcomes in patients with mCRPC receiving abiraterone or enzalutamide. Materials and methods: This was a retrospective multicenter study including patients that received abiraterone or enzalutamide for mCRPC. The effect of concurrent statin use on outcomes was evaluated...
April 13, 2018: Oncotarget