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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2026

Combining Statins with Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer: From Photon Experience to Proton Potential.

Mohammad Saki, Mark E Artz, Jiyeon Park, Perry B Johnson, Curtis Bryant, K C Balaji, Hardev Grewal

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Mohammad SakiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Mark E ArtzDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0188-1482
Jiyeon ParkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5950-2860
Perry B JohnsonDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Curtis BryantDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
K C BalajiDepartment of Urology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville, FL 32209, USA.
Hardev GrewalDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4291-0163

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Statins have shown promise as radiosensitizers in photon-based radiotherapy (RT), with studies demonstrating improved biochemical recurrence-free survival and reduced toxicity in prostate and other solid tumors. However, existing data derived entirely from photon-based RT and the potential synergy with proton therapy remain hypothetical at this stage. The current narrative review extrapolates the therapeutic benefits of statins observed in photon-based RT to proton therapy (PBT) to enhance therapeutic efficacy. The proposed combination of statins and PBT is a theoretical extension grounded in the mechanistic overlap between statin-induced radiosensitization and proton-specific advantages in dose conformity and linear energy transfer (LET). The hypothesis of enhanced synergy between statins and PBT warrants systematic preclinical testing and clinical trials before translation into standard practice.

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clinical trialsprostate cancerproton therapyradiosensitizationstatins

Identifiers

PMID41598506
PMCPMC12841982

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