Case Points to Link Between Crohn's Treatment, Cancer

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An

unusual case involving a sudden remission of lung cancer highlights the

carcinogenic potential of certain drugs used to treat Crohn's disease, experts

say. The patient, a 69-year-old female

ex-smoker, developed lung cancer while being treated with anti-tumor necrosis

factor (TNF) medications for her Crohn's disease. However, the malignancy vanished after

doctors stopped giving her the medications, British researchers report in the

July 17 issue of the New England Journal of

Medicine.

" There

is an underlying concern about the use of these drugs and the possible increase…………..

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_67036.html

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