Biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs show reassuring malignancy safety in inflammatory arthritides, but non-melanoma skin cancer risk rises with TNF inhibitors
Biologics for arthritis: Cancer risk appears low overall
This narrative review of biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs in immune-mediated inflammatory arthritides finds most therapies have reassu…
Most biologic arthritis drugs don't raise overall cancer risk, but skin cancer risk may be higher with some.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of herpes zoster risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Face Higher Shingles Risk Than General Public
This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized data on herpes zoster risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients. The pooled proportion of h…
People with rheumatoid arthritis have a much higher chance of getting shingles, and doctors must watch for specific risk factors like high s…