Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts

September 06, 2011

Women with Lupus Have Decreased Risk for Certain Cancers

From our latest research e-newsletter
Cancer risk in lupus is an important topic. Little attention has been focused on women's cancers, even though lupus affects mostly women. Up to now, there have been relatively few studies of the development of these cancers in women with lupus. In this study, the researchers aimed to estimate the risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers in women with lupus relative to that for the general population.

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