Oral Bisphosphonates May Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk....

cp418

Oral Bisphosphonates May Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk In Postmenopausal Women.

MedPage Today (1/25, Bankhead) reported that "postmenopausal women taking oral bisphosphonates for osteoporosis had almost a 50% reduction in the risk of colorectal cancer, according to data from a large cohort study" presented at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. Investigators reported that "the case-control study, conducted among over 1,800 Israeli women, found that the magnitude of the risk reduction increased with length of time women were on antiresorptive therapy - topping out at almost 80% with more than three years of bisphosphonate use." These "findings add to the growing evidence of a chemopreventive potential for bisphosphonates. The same group previously reported a reduction in the risk of breast cancer among women taking the bone-friendly drugs."

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASCOGI/24492

wallycat

Fascinating.

I am not on any bone strengthening meds ...at the moment....and worried about the jaw erosion problem with biphosphonates.