Use of Antidepressants and Risk of Cutaneous Melanoma: A Prospective Registry-Based Case-Control Study.

Leon Alexander Mclaren BergeBettina Kulle AndreassenJo Steinson StenehjemTrond HeirKari FuruAsta JuzenieneIngrid RoscherInger Kristin LarsenAdéle C Green Marit Bragelien Veierød Trude Eid Robsahm

Published in: Clinical epidemiology (2020)

Use of antidepressants was associated with decreased risk of melanoma. There are at least two possible explanations for our results; cancer-inhibiting actions induced by the drug and less UVR exposure among the most frequent users of antidepressants.

Keyphrases

major depressive disorder
papillary thyroid
skin cancer
bipolar disorder
signaling pathway
drug induced
childhood cancer