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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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