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UK Study Revives Theory That Osteoporosis Drugs Cause Esophageal Cancer
UK Study Revives Theory That Osteoporosis Drugs Cause Esophageal Cancer
E Hayes
20100802
2010 Sept 2
The Pink Sheet Daily
UK Study Revives Theory That Osteoporosis Drugs Cause Esophageal Cancer
The Pink Sheet Daily. 2010 Sept 2, E Hayes
A peer-reviewed study based on a massive British database has linked long-term use of oral bisphosphonate drugs to a higher risk of esophageal cancer, contrary to a separate study of the same database released a few weeks ago that found no evidence of increased risk. The competing conclusions have reopened the debate about a class-wide cancer risk, and a label change for the popular osteoporosis agents could be on the table. Data from the U.K. General Practice Research Database, which has records...