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Nature Reviews Rheumatology 3, 14–15 (1 January 2007) | doi:10.1038/ncprheum0376

Tumor necrosis factor antagonists and cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Eric L Matteson & Tim Bongartz

Setoguchi S et al. (2006) Tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonist use and cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum 54: 2757–2764 Synopsis Background Information from previous studies and the FDA's postmarketing system for reporting spontaneous adverse events have raised safety concerns about a possible association between treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) antagonists and malignancy.