Association Between Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases and Head and Neck Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Nancy Vanessa Rodrigues BatistaRemberto Marcelo Argandoña ValdezElma Mariana Verçosa de Melo SilvaThayanara Silva MeloJosé Ricardo Dias PereiraSaman WarnakulasuriyaAlan Roger Dos Santos SilvaAngela Luzia Branco Pinto DuarteHenrique de Ataíde MarizLuiz Alcino Monteiro GueirosPublished in: Journal of oral pathology & medicine : official publication of the International Association of Oral Pathologists and the American Academy of Oral Pathology (2022)
Our study suggests that patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases had a significantly increased risk of head and neck cancer compared with the general population, including thyroid, oral and nasopharyngeal cancers. These findings have implications for the individualized screening of these patients and the planning of specialist cancer services. The protocol is registered with PROSPERO, number CRD42020197827.
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