Health News from Medical News Today: No Overall Increased Cancer Risk Found For Arthritis Patients Taking Newer Treatments

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. No Overall Increased Cancer Risk Found For Arthritis Patients Taking Newer Treatments 29 May 2011, 11:00 am Only three percent (n=181) of patients in the study cohort receiving anti-tumour necrosis factor agents (anti-TNFs) for treatment of their arthritis developed a first cancer within nine years and overall risk was not dependent on the type of arthritis. The nine year follow-up study conducted at Gentofte University Hospital, Denmark demonstrated that relative risk ((RR)=1.03 (95%confidence interval 0.82-1.30)) was not increased in patients treated with anti-TNFs compared to patients who had never taken anti-TNFs during 23,965 person-years follow-up... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.