Recent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?

The recent decrease in mortality related to cardiovascular diseases has largely been due to the more effective treatment of cardiovascular risk factors and secondary prevention therapies. More people than ever are now on long-term medications. Hypertension, which is one of the most common cardiovasc...

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Auteurs principaux:	Allegra Battistoni, Massimo Volpe
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Langue:	EN
Publié:	Radcliffe Medical Media 2020
Sujets:	Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system RC666-701
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:84f34272bea54693a13e804da2d6d9d32021-12-04T16:02:35ZRecent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?10.15420/ecr.2019.211758-37641758-3756https://doaj.org/article/84f34272bea54693a13e804da2d6d9d32020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ecrjournal.com/articleindex/ecr.2019.21https://doaj.org/toc/1758-3756https://doaj.org/toc/1758-3764The recent decrease in mortality related to cardiovascular diseases has largely been due to the more effective treatment of cardiovascular risk factors and secondary prevention therapies. More people than ever are now on long-term medications. Hypertension, which is one of the most common cardiovascular risk factors, requires life-long treatment. Recent evidence has focused attention on the risk of cancer that may be associated with the long-term use of antihypertensive therapy. This article summarises available evidence surrounding three recent events in this setting. Even though this is a crucial patient safety issue, there are no conclusive answers at this time and further studies are required.Allegra BattistoniMassimo VolpeRadcliffe Medical MediaarticleDiseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) systemRC666-701ENEuropean Cardiology Review , Vol 15, Iss , Pp - (2020)
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description	The recent decrease in mortality related to cardiovascular diseases has largely been due to the more effective treatment of cardiovascular risk factors and secondary prevention therapies. More people than ever are now on long-term medications. Hypertension, which is one of the most common cardiovascular risk factors, requires life-long treatment. Recent evidence has focused attention on the risk of cancer that may be associated with the long-term use of antihypertensive therapy. This article summarises available evidence surrounding three recent events in this setting. Even though this is a crucial patient safety issue, there are no conclusive answers at this time and further studies are required.
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title	Recent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?
title_short	Recent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?
title_full	Recent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?
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title_full_unstemmed	Recent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?
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Recent Warnings about Antihypertensive Drugs and Cancer Risk: Where Do They Come From?

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