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Angiotensin-receptor-antagonists: BfArM and EMA are assessing studies on the risk of cancer.

Active substance: angiotensin-receptor-antagonists

In June 2010 “Lancet Oncology“ published the results of a meta-analysis (Sipahi et al., 2010), in which the authors observed a slightly increased risk for new cases of cancer under angiotensin-receptor-antagonist therapies.

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