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01.05.2011 | Clinical study
Is the angiotensin receptor blocker cancer risk overstated?
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In June 2010, Sipahi et al. highlighted the risk between angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) and cancer in an article published in the
Lancet Oncology.* In contrast to these disturbing results, new data suggest that this risk may be overstated, with two recently published studies independently revealing that there was no significant increase in the overall risk of cancer for recipients of ARBs compared with controls.
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