Cancer demaskeret eller fremprovokeret hos patienter i immunsuppressiv behandling
Engelsk titel: Cancer unmasked or provoked by immunosuppressive therapy
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Författare:
Bertelsen, Trine
;
Fogh, Karsten
Email: bertelsen.trine@gmail.com
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 5
Dokumenttyp:
Fallbeskrivning
UI-nummer: 15037850
Sammanfattning
The association between immunosuppressive therapy and cancer is to discussion. The overall risk is, however, still to be fully
investigated. We describe two patients who had skin manifestations treated with immunosuppressive therapy and shortly afterwards
were diagnosed with cancer. The skin diseases in question, vasculitis and pyoderma gangraenosum, can themselves be associated
with cancer. However, treating these diseases with immunosuppressive therapy may potentially unmask or provoke an underlying
cancer.