Risk of Cancer in Patients with Dermatomyositis or Polymyositis
- 6 February 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 326 (6), 363-367
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199202063260602
Abstract
An association between polymyositis and cancer was first proposed in 1916, but the existence of the association has been disputed. An association between dermatomyositis and cancer is better accepted, but its magnitude is not known.Keywords
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