Publications by authors named "Naama T Cohen"
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- A population-based study analyzed cancer risk among 25,008 patients with vitiligo and 245,550 matched controls using data from Clalit Health Services from 2000-2023.
- The results showed no overall increase in cancer incidence for vitiligo patients compared to controls, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.00.
- Notably, patients with vitiligo had a lower risk for certain cancers, such as melanoma, lung cancer, and bladder cancer, suggesting they may not require more intensive cancer screening than the general population.
A knowledge gap exists regarding the association between vitiligo and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to the absence of large-scale cohort studies designed to investigate this association. To investigate the bidirectional epidemiological association between vitiligo and RA. A population-based study was conducted using Clalit Health Services (CHS) database (2002-2019) using both a cohort study and a case-control study design.
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