Risk of cancer in psoriasis: study of a nationally representative sample of the US population with comparison to a single‐institution cohort
- 14 May 2020
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology
- Vol. 34 (9), E529-E531
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.16447
Abstract
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease, affecting up to 4% of the population.1 Despite the mounting evidence of increased rate of malignancy in psoriatics, studies report conflicting results on the specific types of cancer seen in this population.1-4 To provide insight into the risk of malignancy among psoriatics, we performed a retrospective population-based cohort study using a nationally-representative sample of the U.S. population. We further compared our results from the national database to a large cohort of patients seen at a tertiary level academic center.Keywords
Funding Information
- Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Dermatology
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