Long term use of oral bisphosphonates may double risk of esophageal cancer

Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 18:35 in Health & Medicine

People who take oral bisphosphonates for bone disease over five years may be doubling their risk of developing oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet), according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.

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