Topical calcineurin inhibitors in eczema and cancer association: A cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: In this first Asian study on the risk of TCIs and malignancies, we do not find an association between use of tacrolimus and pimecrolimus in atopic and endogenous eczema and the overall development of malignancies. However, the use of topical tacrolimus was found to be associated with the development of B-cell acute lymphoid leukemia in pediatric eczema patients; further studies are required to investigate if a true association indeed occurs. PMID: 27049893 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Dermatological Treatment - Category: Dermatology Tags: J Dermatolog Treat Source Type: research