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A member asked:
Do anti-tnf drugs increase your chance for melanoma? i know there are warnings about non-melanoma skin cancer.
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Melanoma & Biologics: Using data from more than 13, 000 people with rheumatoid arthritis, dr wolf determined that biologic therapy is associated with increased risk for both melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, but not for solid tumors, lymphomas or leukemias. These associations were consistent across different biologic therapies.
Answered 9/13/2012
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No proof: The answer is that there is no proof that anti-tnf drugs cause or increase the chance of developing melanoma.
Answered 5/21/2013
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