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A meta-analysis of the incidence of malignancy in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Allison L Smitten1, Teresa A Simon2, Marc C Hochberg3 and Samy Suissa4*

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1 Duke University School of Medicine, Duke South, Durham, NC, 27710 USA

2 Global Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, 311 Pennington-Rocky Hill Road; Hopewell, NJ, 08534 USA

3 Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 10 S. Pine St., MSTF 8-34; Baltimore, MD, 21201 USA

4 Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital; 687 Pine Ave West, R4.29; Montreal, QC, H3A 1A1 Canada

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2008, 10:R45 doi:10.1186/ar2404


See related editorial by Solomon and Love, http://arthritis-research.com/content/10/3/109

Published: 23 April 2008

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Table 1. Characteristics of included studies

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