Statins effective in long term, Nordic study suggests
Statins--a class of drugs that lower cholesterol and are associated with cardiovascular benefits-- are effective in the long term, conclude authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. ... ...Few data are available about the long-term effects of statins because previous trials have not extended beyond 5-6 years; however, the results of a Nordic study with a follow-up of 10 years has fou...Nordic collaboration gives new insights into adjuvant chemotherapy
Denmark, Copenhagen: A major clinical collaboration by Scandinavian cancer specialists has shown that patients with advanced colon cancer could well gain a small but worthwhile improvement in five-year overall survival if they were treated with chemotherapy as well as surgery provided the drugs were given in optimum conditions and to the most appropriate patients.... ...An analysis of a set of...