Table 2.

Effective doses of statins in mouse models.

Statins	Defined Daily Doses	Mouse Model
		Effective Dose	Cancers (in literature)
Simvastatin	30 mg	50 mg/kg/day *	melanoma [36]
		50 mg/kg/day *	colon cancer [37]
Lovastatin	45 mg	10 mg/kg/day *	thyroid cancer [38]
		16 mg/kg/day *	ascites tumor [39]
Fluvastatin	60 mg	40 mg/kg/day *	leukemia [40]
		15 mg/kg/day **	breast cancer [41]
Atorvastatin	20 mg	16 mg/kg/day **	ascites tumor [42]
		10 mg/kg/day **	prostate cancer [43]

* oral, ** intraperitoneal.