Risk of Skin Cancer Among Patients With Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

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Authors

Astrid Merete Blomberg Drejøe · Copenhagen University Hospital

Mathilde N. Hemmingsen · Copenhagen University Hospital

Ida Karoline Wulff · Copenhagen University Hospital

Tim K. Weltz · Copenhagen University Hospital

Alejandra Larsen · Copenhagen University Hospital

Emil Loldrup Fosbøl · Copenhagen University Hospital

Lars Køber

Abstract

This cohort study found that patients with CLL had an increased risk of developing skin cancer, mainly basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Skin cancer-specific metastasis and death were also more frequent among patients with CLL, although the absolute risk remained low given markedly higher all-cause mortality.

Topics & Keywords

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA Dermatology

DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2026.0355

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