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JAK Inhibitors

Immunosuppressants and Skin Cancer

REVIEWS

  • A two part JAAD review (36460257, 36460256) provides a nice summary of relative risk of immunosuppressant medications as they relate to skin cancer.
    • Figure: Antitumor and protumor actions of various immune system components and impact of immunosuppressants.
    • Table 1: Infection risk categories of immunosuppressive drugs
    • Table 2: Skin cancer risk of immunosuppressives when used for transplant rejection vs other. 
    • Table 2 (Part 2): Approach to screening for skin cancer in patients on immunosuppressives.  

       

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