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Tag: cancer

Association Between Lupus and Cancer

January 4, 2019 A new analysis published in Arthritis Research & Therapy found that SLE is associated with increased risk of 16 cancers and decreased risk for prostate cancer and cutaneous (skin) melanoma.  The analysis included data from 24 published studies.  Increased risk was seen in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, cervix, vagina/vulva, renal, […] Read More

Cancer Study Shows How Body’s Trash Pickup Fails in Lupus

October 4, 2018 Immune cells called macrophages that normally clear away the body’s trash don’t do their jobs in lupus. Now, a study of cancer partly funded by the Lupus Research Alliance may explain how these macrophages promote lupus. Douglas Green, PhD, of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, and colleagues found that […] Read More