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Obesity is a common comorbidity in cancer patients. Two recent studies found that oral cancer patients who were on statins–medicines that lower cholesterol–showed improved overall and cancer-specific survival. A team from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and School of Dentistry, led by Yu Leo Lei, DDS, PhD Obesity helps to produce a sort of tumour microenvironment that promotes tumour growth., Obesity is a common comorbidity in cancer patients. Two recent studies found that oral cancer patients who were on statins–medicines that lower cholesterol–showed improved overall and cancer-specific survival. A team from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and School of Dentistry, led by Yu Leo Lei, DDS, PhD Obesity helps to produce a sort of tumour microenvironment that promotes tumour growth., , Read More