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Treatment of Psoriasis Contributes to Cancer Risk
Psoriasis Treatment
Patients with psoriasis do a long-term therapy called PUVA, which is associated with increased risk of cancer. Specifically fatal malignant melanoma and skin cancer at least mortal known as carcinoma, squamous cell. Patients get this treatment to relieve symptoms of the disease. Even studies of St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center showed that even the new treatment systems raise the risk.
In therapy, patients receiving ultraviolet light and photosensitizing psoralen (the radiation treatment of type B does not increase the risk.) The drugs used in treatment (mycophenolate or cyclosporine) are associated with increased risk of developing lymphoproliferative disorders. These conditions increase the production of lymphocytes, those that respond to infection.
Not yet known for certain whether the new therapies biopharmaceuticals, using genetic engineering, developed a malignant disorder. Further studies are needed to determine this relationship. The ‘inhibitor of tumor necrosis factor’ itself could increase slightly the risk of blood cancer or skin melanoma.
Types of Melanoma
Melanoma, showing the shape, volume and color variables, can develop in the skin surface.
In men usually appear on the trunk, from shoulders to hips, head or neck. Conversely, women especially in the legs or trunk. You may not exclude other parts of the body, can also be developed under the fingernails, palms or soles of the feet.
It is important to remember that this is not a contagious disease, so there is no risk of contact with people who suffer from it. There are several types of melanoma: