Annals of Oncology 14:1587-1588, 2003
© 2003 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Anastrozole and quinapril can be safely coadministered to elderly women with breast cancer and hypertension: a pharmacokinetic study
1 Oncology Unit INRCA, Rome; 2 Oncology Unit IST, Genoa; 3 Pharmacology IST, Genoa; 4 Geriatric Department "La Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome, Italy
*E-mail: l.repetto@inrca.it
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Concomitant use of hormone therapy and antihypertensive therapy in elderly women is compelled by a high prevalence of breast cancer with hypertension [1]. However, very little is known about the possible interaction of combined treatment and older patients represent a high-risk group due to declining renal function and liver metabolism. Previous research into the effect of aromatase enzyme activity using angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors has been predominantly carried out on animal