Scientific article
OA Policy
English

Risk of invasive melanoma in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics: results from a collaborative project of 11 European biologic registers

Published inAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases, vol. 76, no. 2, p. 386-391
Publication date2017
Abstract

Some studies have reported a possible association between exposure to tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors and an increased risk of melanoma. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of invasive cutaneous melanomas in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with TNF inhibitors (TNFi), other biologic disease modifying drugs and non-biologic therapy.

Keywords
  • Abatacept/therapeutic use
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/therapeutic use
  • Antirheumatic Agents/therapeutic use
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid/drug therapy
  • Biological Products/therapeutic use
  • Europe/epidemiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Melanoma/epidemiology
  • Middle Aged
  • Registries
  • Risk Factors
  • Rituximab/therapeutic use
  • Skin Neoplasms/epidemiology
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
Citation (ISO format)
MERCER, Louise K et al. Risk of invasive melanoma in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with biologics: results from a collaborative project of 11 European biologic registers. In: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2017, vol. 76, n° 2, p. 386–391. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209285
Main files (1)
Article (Published version)
Identifiers
Journal ISSN0003-4967
440views
177downloads

Technical informations

Creation09/03/2018 4:07:00 PM
First validation09/03/2018 4:07:00 PM
Update time01/24/2025 3:26:06 PM
Status update01/24/2025 3:26:06 PM
Last indexation01/24/2025 3:34:33 PM
All rights reserved by Archive ouverte UNIGE and the University of GenevaunigeBlack