TY - JOUR
T1 - Journal Club: Cancer Risk Among Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
T2 - A 10-Year Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study
AU - Jia, Analisa
AU - Price, Tiffany Rose
AU - Rosner, Jan
AU - Broderick, Conor
AU - Cragg, Jacquelyn Judith
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 American Academy of Neurology.
PY - 2025/6/5
Y1 - 2025/6/5
N2 - This journal club article discusses the strengths and limitations of a study from Pierret et al., which examined cancer risk for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Before this study, the relationship between MS and cancer risk was unclear because some studies suggested an increased risk while others indicated a decreased risk, highlighting a significant knowledge gap in understanding this complex connection. It is essential to understand how MS may influence cancer susceptibility to assess treatment safety and improve patient care. This study demonstrated that cancer risk, especially for urogenital cancers, was modestly elevated in people with MS.
AB - This journal club article discusses the strengths and limitations of a study from Pierret et al., which examined cancer risk for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). Before this study, the relationship between MS and cancer risk was unclear because some studies suggested an increased risk while others indicated a decreased risk, highlighting a significant knowledge gap in understanding this complex connection. It is essential to understand how MS may influence cancer susceptibility to assess treatment safety and improve patient care. This study demonstrated that cancer risk, especially for urogenital cancers, was modestly elevated in people with MS.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105007870600
U2 - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000213663
DO - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000213663
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 40472310
AN - SCOPUS:105007870600
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 105
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 1
ER -