Bowel Disease Treatment May Raise Skin Cancer Risk

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Long concluded that the study "demonstrates that patients with IBD on immunosuppression may also be at risk for [non-melanoma skin cancer]. As a result, our long-term management plans for IBD patients should stress the daily use of broad-spectrum sunscreen and increased awareness of [non-melanoma skin cancer] to help to prevent complications."

The study was scheduled to be presented this week at the annual scientific meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology, in San Diego.

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The American Academy of Family Physicians has more about inflammatory bowel disease.

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