Beta blockers ‘dramatically cut risk of dying from breast cancer’
Mar 27th, 2010 | Filed under DailyMail
Add to My Stories Benefits: Beta blockers have been prescribed for decades, mainly for high blood pressure Drugs used to treat high blood pressure dramatically cut the risk of women dying from breast cancer, claim British researchers. Patients already taking beta blockers when diagnosed with the disease were 71 per cent less at risk of the cancer spreading and killing them, according to a pilot study. If the findings are confirmed in large trials, the treatment could potentially save thousands of lives

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