title: Ask the doctor. I'm a cancer survivor and take a calcium-channel blocker for high blood pressure. I recently read that these medications can cause cancer. But it's the only drug that's worked well for me. Should I stop taking it?
authors.forename: Deepak L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Bhatt
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D017741:Survivors; D028761:Withholding Treatment
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D002120:Calcium Channel Agonists