Common Diuretic May Be Linked to Skin Cancer

Nelson Vergel

Founder, ExcelMale.com
Key clinical point: The antihypertensive agent hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ ) is photosensitizing and may be associated with an increased risk for skin cancers in non-Hispanic white males with a history of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC).

Major finding: All four patients considered high risk based on lifetime SCC history were non-Hispanic white males with a history of HCTZ exposure, an association supported by three previously published studies.

Data sources: Medical records from 75 patients seen in a single dermatology practice over a 5-day period, and a literature search as well as relevant publications detected through a literature search spanning the years 1966-2015.

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Lakshman KM, Kaplan B, Travison TG, Basaria S, Knapp PE, Singh AB, LaValley MP, Mazer NA, Bhasin S. The effects of injected testosterone dose and age on the conversion of testosterone to estradiol and dihydrotestosterone in young and older men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Aug;95(8):3955-64.

DOI: 10.1210/jc.2010-0102 | PMID: 20534765 | PMCID: PMC2913038

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