Abstract

With the rapid development of the economy, the change of people's diet structure and environmental pollution, the incidence and mortality of cancer in the digestive system show an increasing trend. Surgery is the first choice in the early stage, and radiotherapy、chemotherapy、immunotherapy and targeted therapy can be adopted in the later stage. In recent years, several studies have shown that the use of statins in digestive cancer can reduce the mortality and cancer risk of cancer patients to some extent.This article mainly discusses that progress in the use of statins in cancers of the digestive system, which is expected to find new adjuvant drugs for the treatment of cancer. Key words: Statins; Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Liver cancer; Biliary tract cancer; Pancreatic cancer; Colorectal cancer

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