ArticleLupus2017
Breast cancer in systemic lupus.
Article in Lupus, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- The risks of cancer development in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2018Pooled it
- No association between the risk of breast cancer and systemic lupus erythematosus: evidence from a meta-analysis.Clinical rheumatology · 2018Pooled it
- Review
- Bridging pharmacovigilance and genetic insight: investigating drugs and indications for breast cancer risk in women with autoimmune diseases.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
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- Cancer incidence and the influence of immunosuppressive agents in Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a retrospective cohort study.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025Article
- Case report of concurrent ulcerative colitis and bilateral breast cancer: a literature review of the bidirectional association between autoimmune diseases and breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Older Adults: Diagnosis and Management.Drugs & aging · 2022Review
- Association of systemic lupus erythematosus autoantibody diversity with breast cancer protection.Arthritis research & therapy · 2021Article
- Contribution of viral infection to risk for cancer in systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple sclerosis.PloS one · 2021Article
- Breast Cancer and Microcalcifications: An Osteoimmunological Disorder?International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Use of combined hormonal contraceptives among women with systemic lupus erythematosus with and without medical contraindications to oestrogen.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2019Observational
- The association between infection incidence and autoimmune diseases in breast cancer patients after anti-cancer treatment.Journal of Cancer · 2019Article
- Anti-nuclear antibodies in patients with breast cancer.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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29 authors at 20 institutions in 9 countries.
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Abstract
Objective There is a decreased breast cancer risk in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) versus the general population. We assessed a large sample of SLE patients, evaluating demographic and clinical characteristics and breast cancer risk. Methods We performed case-cohort analyses within a multi-center international SLE sample. We calculated the breast cancer hazard ratio (HR) in female SLE patients, relative to demographics, reproductive history, family history of breast cancer, and time-dependent measures of anti-dsDNA positivity, cumulative disease activity, and drugs, adjusted for SLE duration. Results There were 86 SLE breast cancers and 4498 female SLE cancer-free controls. Patients were followed on average for 7.6 years. Versus controls, SLE breast cancer cases tended to be white and older. Breast cancer cases were similar to controls regarding anti-dsDNA positivity, disease activity, and most drug exposures over time. In univariate and multivariate models, the principal factor associated with breast cancers was older age at cohort entry. Conclusions There was little evidence that breast cancer risk in this SLE sample was strongly driven by any of the clinical factors that we studied. Further search for factors that determine the lower risk of breast cancer in SLE may be warranted.
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