Tag: cancer

Diagnostic x-ray and ultrasound and childhood cancer

Rajaraman P, et al. Early life exposure to diagnostic radiation and ultrasound scans and risk of childhood cancer… BMJ 2011; 342: d472
The excess risk of childhood cancer from diagnostic imaging in utero and early infancy remains unclear.

Permanent link to this article: https://evidencebasedmedicine.com.au/?p=1295

Antihypertensive drugs and the risk of cancer

Bangalore S, et al. Antihypertensive drugs and risk of cancer: network meta-analyses and trial sequential analyses of 324,168 participants from randomised trials. Lancet Oncol (2010)
Antihypertensive drugs do not appear to increase cancer risk or cancer-related deaths.

Permanent link to this article: https://evidencebasedmedicine.com.au/?p=549