Malignancies in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Population-based Cohort Study.

Pavlos StamatisCarl TuressonMinna WillimJan-Åke NilssonMartin EnglundAladdin J Mohammad

Published in: The Journal of rheumatology (2019)

In this Swedish population-based cohort of GCA, the overall risk for cancer was not increased compared to the background population. However, there was an increased risk for leukemia and a decreased risk for breast and upper gastrointestinal tract cancer.

Keyphrases

papillary thyroid
giant cell
squamous cell
bone marrow
lymph node metastasis
childhood cancer
young adults