A controversial topic in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: Association between biologic agents and malignancy.

Oya Koker Sezgin Şahin Amra Adrovic Mehmet Yildiz Kenan Barut Bugra Taygun Gulle Rukiye Eker Omeroglu Ozgur Kasapcopur

Published in: International journal of rheumatic diseases (2020)

Patients treated with biologic agents appeared to have an increased rate of incident hematologic malignancy versus the general population in Turkey. However, before mentioning a clear causal relationship, other potential contributing factors should be taken into consideration.

Keyphrases

juvenile idiopathic arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
risk assessment