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Analysis of Human T Cell Activity in an Allogeneic Co-Culture Setting of Pre-Treated Tumor Cells
Published on: March 7, 2025
[Cancer unmasked or provoked by immunosuppressive therapy]
Trine Bertelsen1, Karsten Fogh
1Dermatologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, P.P. Ørumsgade 11, 8000 Aarhus C. bertelsen.trine@gmail.com
Abstract:
The association between immunosuppressive therapy and cancer is to discussion. The overall risk is, however, still to be fully investigated. We describe two patients who had skin manifestations treated with immunosuppressive therapy and shortly afterwards were diagnosed with cancer. The skin diseases in question, vasculitis and pyoderma gangraenosum, can themselves be associated with cancer. However, treating these diseases with immunosuppressive therapy may potentially unmask or provoke an underlying cancer.
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