TY - JOUR T1 - ANtihypertensive agents and the risk of cancer—reply AU - Rosenberg L Y1 - 1998/08/19 N1 - 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-280-7-jbk0819 JO - JAMA SP - 600 EP - 600 VL - 280 IS - 7 N2 - In Reply.—The suggestion of Drs Messerli and Grossman that concomitant diuretic use may account for the association of renal cell cancer with the use of calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and β-blockers is plausible. However, it has been difficult to assess the separate effects of diuretics and antihypertensive drugs because they are so often used together. SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-280-7-jbk0819 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10-1001/pubs.JAMA-ISSN-0098-7484-280-7-jbk0819 ER -