Real‐world evidence for preventive effects of statins on cancer incidence: A trans‐Atlantic analysis

In vivo, we treated CRC xenografted SCID-beige mice with a human equivalent statin dose, which reduced MACC1 expression, tumour burden and metastasis formation (day 24; control vs. statin treatment p < .0001, Figure S2 and Figure 2). [...]at a molecular/mechanistic level, we provide experimental evidence that statins act, at least partly, by inhibiting transcription of the tumour-promoting and metastasis-inducing MACC1 gene. [...]we extended the RWE results by utilizing a clinical research platform (TriNetX) to access a large, international cohort of anonymized electronic health record (EHR) data (aggregate statistics only). [...]our study revealed strong evidence for cancer-preventive effects of statins in a large trans-Atlantic cohort, comprised of long-term statin users.