Cholesterol and cancer: Answers and some new questions

		IMAGE: Demetrius Albanes, M.D., is a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute. Click here for more information.

PHILADELPHIA – A pair of studies in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, lay to rest the decades-long concern that lower total cholesterol may lead to cancer, and in fact lower cholesterol may reduce the risk of high-grade prostate cancer.