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Neoplasm and arterial hypertension - do any correlations exist?
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Abstract
The next problem is a role of hypertension as a cancer promoting factor. Many researchers observed correlation between hypertension and cancer risk. The others did not prove this finding.
The third question is whether antihypertensive therapy could be a risk factor of cancer.
The majority of investigations denies this association between antihypertensive drugs and an increased cancer risk, nevertheless diuretics probably may increase cancer risk, while ACE-inhibitors seem to have a small protective effect.
Abstract
The next problem is a role of hypertension as a cancer promoting factor. Many researchers observed correlation between hypertension and cancer risk. The others did not prove this finding.
The third question is whether antihypertensive therapy could be a risk factor of cancer.
The majority of investigations denies this association between antihypertensive drugs and an increased cancer risk, nevertheless diuretics probably may increase cancer risk, while ACE-inhibitors seem to have a small protective effect.
Keywords
arterial hypertension; neoplasm; angiogenesis inhibitors
Title
Neoplasm and arterial hypertension - do any correlations exist?
Journal
Issue
Article type
Review paper
Pages
309-315
Published online
2008-09-01
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Bibliographic record
Nadciśnienie tętnicze 2008;12(4):309-315.
Keywords
arterial hypertension
neoplasm
angiogenesis inhibitors
Authors
Hanna Kara-Perz
Teresa Kosicka
Jerzy Głuszek