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      • January 19, 2018 at 6:14 pm
      mrsaxde
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        The study claiming a link between ED drugs and melanoma has been thoroughly debunked. I will admit that I take Viagra. It is on my medication list, and no oncologist I have ever seen, including a couple of recognized experts, has ever said anything about it to me or even raised an eyebrow. In 2014 a post on the Harvard Medical School website explained the problems with that study and its conclusions.

        Erectile dysfunction drugs and skin cancer — should you worry?

        • January 19, 2018 at 6:21 pm
        cancersnewnormal
        Participant

          I'm equipped with ovaries… soooooo… this is of no real concern to me. However, to put the minds of any of the gents on the forum at a little more ease. Here is the latest from 2017:

          "FRIDAY, May 19, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Some good news for sexually active older men: Viagra and related erectile dysfunction drugs do not increase the risk of deadly melanoma skin cancer, researchers report." —– Full article here: https://www.webmd.com/melanoma-skin-cancer/news/20170519/study-refutes-viagra-melanoma-link

          • January 20, 2018 at 3:38 pm
          Gene_S
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            It would be interesting to know who benefits from funding these studies.

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