Risk of skin cancer in new users of thiazides and thiazide-like diuretics: a cohort study using an active comparator group.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results corroborate the previously reported increased risk of SCC (but not of BCC or CMM) for long-term use of HCTZ. BFT may be a safer alternative for patients at increased risk of skin cancer.
PMID: 33609289 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Authors: Schneider R, Reinau D, Stoffel S, Jick SS, Meier CR, Spoendlin J Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research
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