Table 1: Risk of cancer with immunomodulator treatment.

 

Corticosteroids

Thiopurines

Methotrexate

Anti-TNF

Lymphoma EBV

No

↑↑

↑+/-

No?

Nommelanoma skin cancer

Basal cell carcinoma

↑↑

No

No?

Melanoma

No

No

No

Colorectal cancer

No

No

No

No

Breast cancer

No

No

No

No

All cancers

No

No

No

No

 

? = It is not clearly established