Trial reportCancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2020
Psychotropic Medication Use and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk.
Trial report in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Breast Cancer Risk in over 1.3 Million Women on Antipsychotic Therapy: Life-Saving Drugs or Hidden Trigger for Breast Cancer?Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Antipsychotic therapy and breast cancer risk: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2026Pooled it
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- Association of antipsychotic use with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies with over 2 million individuals.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2022Pooled it
- Antipsychotic exposure is an independent risk factor for breast cancer: A systematic review of epidemiological evidence.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Examining Side Effect Variability of Antipsychotic Treatment in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Meta-analysis of Variance.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2021Pooled it
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- Antipsychotics use increases the risk of breast cancer in Women: Findings from systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2025Review
- A psychiatric medication, clozapine, induces autophagy and apoptosis in breast cancer cells through reactive oxygen species.PloS one · 2025Article
- Antipsychotic Use and Risk of Breast Cancer in Women With Severe Mental Illness: Replication of a Nationwide Nested Case-Control Database Study.Schizophrenia bulletin · 2024Article
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- Frequency of Consuming Breakfast Meals and After-Dinner Snacks Is not Associated with Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.The Journal of nutrition · 2023Observational
- Lithium in Cancer Therapy: Friend or Foe?Cancers · 2023Review
- Risk of Breast Cancer in Association with the Use of Second-generation Antipsychotics.Clinical psychopharmacology and neuroscience : the official scientific journal of the Korean College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2022Article
- The Risk of Antipsychotic Drugs on Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Oman medical journal · 2022Review
- Challenges in Treating Cancer Patients With Unstable Psychiatric Disorder.World journal of oncology · 2021Review
- Effect of antipsychotics on breast tumors by analysis of the Japanese Adverse Drug Event Report database and cell-based experiments.Journal of pharmaceutical health care and sciences · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPrior studies evaluating psychotropic medications in relation to breast cancer risk are inconsistent and have not separately evaluated invasive and
methodsWe estimated hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association of psychotropic medication use (any, typical antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics, and lithium) with invasive and
resultsPrevalence of psychotropic medication use was low (
conclusionsThese findings do not support an association of psychotropic medication use with invasive breast cancer risk. The possible elevation in IMPACT: Our findings contribute to knowledge of the safety profile of psychotropic medications and may be useful to clinicians and patients considering use of these medications.
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