“…Six large, prospective studies all found that statin users had a reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer without any reduction, or with an attenuated reduction, in total prostate cancer risk 8,9,11,76,80,82 . In all six studies, bias was minimized by controlling for potential confounding variables, for example, concomitant diseases, such as diabetes, use of antidiabetic drugs or other treatments and cardiovascular risk factors that are associated with prostate cancer risk, such as age, race and body mass index.…”