Article: Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA; Agency strengthens 'black box' warning on medicines such as Enbrel, Remicade.

TNF-blockers cancer risk.(NEWSLINE: ...
MPR Monthly Prescribing Reference;  July 1, 2008 ;     521 words ... ... disease, and ankylosing spondylitis. Cancer risk warnings already appear in the labeling of the four available TNF-blockers in the U.S. The FDA has asked the ... gov/cder/drug/ early_comm/TNF_blockers. htm.

Article: TNF blockers don't increase cancer ...
Internal Medicine News;  December 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... about a possible increased risk for cancer in patients taking TNF blockers for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has resulted in very few ... 2007, showed there were 13 new cancers in 11 people on TNF blockers (unadjusted rate of 25 cancers/1,000 person-years ...

Article: Use of TNF blockers may raise skin cancer ...
Skin & Allergy News;  June 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... that included 3,703 patients, and one TNF antagonist-treated cohort of 4,160 patients--RA patients treated with TNF blockers had a tripled lymphoma risk, compared with the general population. However, after adjustment for sex, age, and disease ...

Article: FDA reviews TNF blockers
Dermatology Times;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... risks associated with TNF blockers, some worry it could ... adults who began taking TNF blockers (along with other immunosuppressive ... taking whatever small cancer risk there may be." Similarly ... information about how TNF blockers - used alone and with ...

Article: TNF blockers to include new pediatric ...
Skin & Allergy News;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The cancer risk warnings associated with tumor necrosis ... of psoriasis during treatment with TNF blockers, particularly pustular and palmoplantar ... lymphomas in adults who were treated with TNF-blockers is already included in the prescribing ...

Article: FDA launches safety review of TNF blockers: under ...
Family Practice News;  July 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... announced. The FDA is reviewing the TNF blockers etanercept (Enbrel), adalimumab ... benefits of treatment when prescribing TNF blockers to children and young adults," the ... the potential benefits of the use of TNF blockers outweigh the potential risks in certain ...

Article: FDA Orders Histoplasmosis Warnings for TNF ...
BIOWORLD Today;  September 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of four tumor-necrosis-factor (TNF) blockers to strengthen existing black-box warnings ... of histoplasmosis in patients taking TNF blockers, including 45 deaths, said Jeffrey ... Analgesia and Rheumatology Products. TNF blockers are used to treat a variety of illnesses ...