Risk of breast cancer and total malignancies in rheumatoid arthritis patients undergoing TNF-α antagonist therapy: A meta-analysis of randomized control trials

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3403-3410

  Liu, Yang ^a,c   Fan, Wei ^b   Chen, Hao ^b   Yu, Ming Xia ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Malignancies; Meta analysis; Rheumatoid arthritis; TNF antagonist therapy

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; GOLIMUMAB; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLIXIMAB; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; METHOTREXATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TNFR-FC FUSION PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METHOTREXATE; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84901983927     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2014.15.8.3403     Document Type: Article

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