Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Comment
. 2021 Jun 21;193(25):E964.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.79145.

The authors reply to: "Antihypertensives and skin cancer" and "Association between thiazide diuretics and skin cancer: still nebulous"

Aaron M Drucker  1 , An-Wen Chan  1
Affiliations
Comment

The authors reply to: "Antihypertensives and skin cancer" and "Association between thiazide diuretics and skin cancer: still nebulous"

Aaron M Drucker et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Comment on

References

    1. Dawes M. RE: Antihypertensives and skin cancer. CMAJ 2021;193:E996. 10.1503/cmaj.78786. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Parmar M. RE: Association between thiazide diuretics and skin cancer: still nebulous. CMAJ 2021;193:E963. 10.1503/cmaj.78925. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Drucker AM, Hollestein L, Na Y, et al. Association between antihypertensive medications and risk of skin cancer in people older than 65 years: a population-based study. CMAJ 2021; 193: E508–16. - PMC - PubMed
    1. ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group. Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). JAMA 2002; 288:2981–97. - PubMed
    1. Sutradhar R, Austin PC. Relative rates not relative risks: addressing a widespread misinterpretation of hazard ratios. Ann Epidemiol 2018; 28:54–7. - PubMed

MeSH terms

Substances