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Discontinuing statins near the end of life is safe, improves patient quality of life

2014 ASCO Annual Meeting

Published: 2 Jun 2014

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Prof Amy P. Abernethy - Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, USA

Prof Abernethy talks to ecancertv at ASCO 2014 about the new findings from a federally funded randomised study which indicate that it is safe to stop statin therapy in patients with a life expectancy of less than a year.

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