What is your approach to a patient with well-controlled seropositive RA on abatacept who develops melanoma?
Would you change the treatment to rituxan or continue orencia with regular dermatology follow up?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
There is evidence to suggest an association between the use of abatacept and melanoma. A recent multinational observational post-marketing study found that compared with other bDMARDs, exposure to abatacept in RA patients was only significantly associated with an increased risk of reporting melanoma...
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at Stanford University Absolutely agree.
at North Houston Rheumatology Associates Thank you Dr. @Simon M. Helfgott. Would Rituxan be...
at Harvard Medical School If a bDMARD is required, rituximab would be a cons...
at North Houston Rheumatology Associates Thank you.
at Cone Health Any concern about the use of anti-TNFs in a patien...
Absolutely agree.
Thank you Dr. @Simon M. Helfgott. Would Rituxan be...
If a bDMARD is required, rituximab would be a cons...
Thank you.
Any concern about the use of anti-TNFs in a patien...