Table 2.

Pros and cons of statin use for patients with malignant tumors.

Pros	Cons
Economically reasonable and well-tolerated	Off-label use
Except for hypocholesterolemia	Hypercholesterolemia
Favorable for malignancies?	Carcinogenic?
Many observational studies	Biases
Statins improve cardiovascular outcomes	Lipid-lowering drugs may not necessarily improve all causes of death