Blood-pressure drugs and cancer: Much ado about nothing?

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-8

  Lindholm, Lars H ^a   Carlberg, Bo ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; RAMIPRIL; TELMISARTAN;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; TUMOR PROMOTION; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78650689024     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70271-0     Document Type: Letter

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