Lung cancer after exposure to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs

Lung Cancer

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 266-269

  Bernatsky, Sasha ^a   Clarke, Ann ^a   Suissa, Samy ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease modifying anti rheumatic drugs; DMARDs; Lung cancer; Malignancy; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GOLD DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LEFLUNOMIDE; METHOTREXATE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLAMINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38649126529     PISSN: 01695002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2007.06.013     Document Type: Article

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