Risk of major autoimmune diseases in female breast cancer patients: A nationwide, population-based cohort study.

Hsin-Hua ChenChing-Heng LinDer-Yuan ChenWen-Cheng ChaoYi-Hsing ChenWei-Ting HungYin-Yi ChouYi-Da WuChien-Chih Chen

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Female breast cancer patients had lower risks of SLE, RA and SS when compared to female individuals without breast cancer. However, there was no significant difference in the risk of developing DMtis/PM between both groups.

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