Risk of Cancer in Patients with Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis

Sigurgeirsson, Bárður; Lindelöf, Bernt; Edhag, Olof; Allander, Erik

doi:10.1056/nejm199202063260602

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Risk of Cancer in Patients with Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Feb 6, 1992

Authors:

Bárður Sigurgeirsson

Bernt Lindelöf

Olof Edhag

Abstract

BACKGROUND: An association between polymyositis and cancer was first proposed in 1916, but the existence of the association has been disputed. An association between dermatomyositis and cancer is better accepted, but its magnitude is not known. METHODS: We undertook a study to provide accurate estim...

Subject

Dermatomyositis

Medicine

Polymyositis

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