Prognostic role of serum total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

The alterations of lipid profile in cancer has been reported to be associated with cancer development. However, the prognostic value of serum lipid markers level in cancer is currently under debate. Here we performed a meta-analysis to investigate the prognostic significance of serum blood total cholesterol (TC), Triglycerides (TG), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) for cancer.