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. 2021 May 12;13(10):2344. doi: 10.3390/cancers13102344

Table 2.

Summary of the association between photosensitizing medications and the risk of skin cancer 1.

Drug Class/Medications BCC SCC Melanoma
Diuretics + (4) + (7) + (5)
CCBs + (3) Null (3) + (5)
Beta-Blockers + (3) Null (3) Null (3)
ACEi Null (2) Null (2) Null (5)
ARB Null (2) Null (2) Null (3)
Metformin Null (3) Null (2) Null (9)
Amiodarone Null (2)
Statins Null (20) Null (26)
Voriconazole Null (2) + (6) 0
Vemurafenib 0 + (11) 0
Antibacterial agents + (3) + (3) + (3)

1 Included medications are those with more than two epidemiological studies. Direction of association: +,-, null (total number of studies described, composite of those included in meta-analyses and individual studies). The cell is marked 0 for medications where no relative epidemiological studies were found.