Doctors say Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out

Doctors say Vytorin-cancer link can't be ruled out MUNICH, Germany - Results from three studies of the cholesterol-lowering drug Vytorin are not enough to prove or rule out a possible link to a higher risk of cancer, so the drug should be used with great caution until more is known, editors of a leading medical journal urged Tuesday. The New England Journal of Medicine published results of the studies, which also were presented at a cardiology conference in Munich. Vytorin is a combination of Merck's Zocor, a long-sold statin drug, and Schering-Plough's Zetia, a newer type of medicine that lowers...

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