Ask the doctor: Calcium-channel blockers and cancer risk
Remember that high blood pressure is one of the main risk factors for heart disease, and heart disease kills more than one in three women each year. Breast cancer claims the life of one in 31 women annually. It is possible that the higher cancer rates seen among women treated with CCBs stemmed from the fact that they were less likely to die of a heart attack or stroke because their blood pressure was under control.
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