Author Interviews, Cancer Research, Immunotherapy, Pediatrics, Rheumatology / 16.11.2016
Juvenile Arthritis: TNF Inhibitor Use Doesn’t Appear To Increase Malignancy Risk
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Timothy Beukelman, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Rheumatology and
Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: In 2009 the US FDA issued a boxed warning about malignancies reported in children treated with TNF inhibitors but their analysis did not account for a possible malignancy risk from other medications of from the Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disease process itself.
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