A recent breakthrough study has uncovered a promising link between non-statin cholesterol-lowering medications and liver cancer prevention. Among the drugs examined, ezetimibe—commonly known by its ...

In a new translational research study published in Cancer Research, investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) explored the potential of statins—commonly used medications for ...

High cholesterol levels are considered a leading risk factor for heart diseases and strokes across the world. Thus, local ...

Share on Pinterest Scientists have found a link between cholesterol absorption inhibitors and liver cancer. Sergii Kolesnikov/Getty Images Out of five non-statin cholesterol-lowering drug classes, ...

Researchers at Texas A&M Health have identified a molecular mechanism that increases cholesterol levels inside prostate cancer cells—an important process that may help explain how some tumors progress ...

Hyperthermia, a cancer treatment using controlled heat to kill tumor cells, shows promise but faces limitations due to some tumor cells' unexpected heat resistance. Researchers from Japan have now ...

Cancer spreads fast and hits hard, especially when it reaches other organs. Once that happens, treatments become less effective, and survival rates drop. But recent research points to an unexpected ...

Since the time of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, cancer has been recognized as being sensitive to heat. Today, this principle forms the basis of hyperthermia treatment—a promising cancer ...

Researchers discover novel targets for bladder cancer therapeutics and demonstrate that a new combination of existing drugs, including statins, blocks tumor growth in mice. Like all cancers, bladder ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men taking cholesterol-lowering medication may be less likely to get prostate cancer than those not on the drugs, suggests a new study. They are also less likely to wind up ...

Cholesterol is a central lipid molecule that fulfils structural and signalling roles within prostate cells, serving as a precursor for membrane synthesis, androgen biosynthesis and the formation of ...