Research Article

Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers?

Volume: 9 Number: 4 December 31, 2019
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Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers?

Abstract

Beta blokers are commonly used medications mainly in the treatment of cardiovascular health problems for years.Other known indications are migraine,anxiety,thyrotoxicosis and infantile hemangiomas.In addition to these,recent studies showes they have anticancer properties probably due to their adrenergic and angiogenesis blocking effects which are essential for tumor progression.Patients with prostate,breast,ovarian,non-small cell lung cancers or melanoma were demonstrated getting benefit from beta blocer treatments.Depending on these data,we searched antihypertensive drug history of patients with premalignant skin lesions and non-melanoma akin cancers at past two years.We observed that patients using beta blockers as antihypertensive agent had less solar keratosis and basal cell cancers during the our study.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Health Care Administration

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Habibullah Aktas This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 31, 2019

Submission Date

April 15, 2019

Acceptance Date

September 11, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 9 Number: 4

APA
Aktas, H., & Terzi, E. (2019). Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers? Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 9(4), 311-314. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.553773
AMA
1.Aktas H, Terzi E. Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers? J Contemp Med. 2019;9(4):311-314. doi:10.16899/jcm.553773
Chicago
Aktas, Habibullah, and Erdinc Terzi. 2019. “Could Beta Blocker Use in Elderly Hypertensive Patients Reduce Risk of Skin Cancers?”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 9 (4): 311-14. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.553773.
EndNote
Aktas H, Terzi E (December 1, 2019) Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers? Journal of Contemporary Medicine 9 4 311–314.
IEEE
[1]H. Aktas and E. Terzi, “Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers?”, J Contemp Med, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 311–314, Dec. 2019, doi: 10.16899/jcm.553773.
ISNAD
Aktas, Habibullah - Terzi, Erdinc. “Could Beta Blocker Use in Elderly Hypertensive Patients Reduce Risk of Skin Cancers?”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine 9/4 (December 1, 2019): 311-314. https://doi.org/10.16899/jcm.553773.
JAMA
1.Aktas H, Terzi E. Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers? J Contemp Med. 2019;9:311–314.
MLA
Aktas, Habibullah, and Erdinc Terzi. “Could Beta Blocker Use in Elderly Hypertensive Patients Reduce Risk of Skin Cancers?”. Journal of Contemporary Medicine, vol. 9, no. 4, Dec. 2019, pp. 311-4, doi:10.16899/jcm.553773.
Vancouver
1.Habibullah Aktas, Erdinc Terzi. Could beta blocker use in elderly hypertensive patients reduce risk of skin cancers? J Contemp Med. 2019 Dec. 1;9(4):311-4. doi:10.16899/jcm.553773

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