Children with Juvenile Arthritis at Increased Risk for Cancer, but Research Casts Doubt on One Suspected Cause
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 01:00
in Health & Medicine
Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, the most common form of childhood arthritis, appear at least twice as likely to develop cancer compared to children without JIA, irrespective of arthritis medications, according to new research from UAB published this week in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism. This report casts some doubt on the role played by anti-TNF therapy, long considered a potential risk for cancer.
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