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Bowel disease drugs increase cancer risk: study
Reuters, 10/19/09
Some treatments for inflammatory bowel disease increase the risk of infection–related cancers, French scientists said on Monday, but the benefits of the drugs still outweigh the risks. Thiopurine drugs immunosuppressive medicines that inhibit the body's immune system are regularly used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, the researchers said, but can increase the risk of cancers linked to viral infections.
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