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JAK Inhibitors in the Treatment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis and the Risk of Skin Malignancies: a Review of Current Evidence

Marta Kacprzyk
1
,
Magdalena Masajada
1, 2
,
Aleksandra Kulbat
3, 4, 5
,
Karolina Richter
3, 6
,
Paweł Brzewski
1, 2
,
Wojciech M. Wysocki
3, 4, 5

  1. Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Stefan Zeromski Municipal Hospital, Krakow, Poland
  2. Chair of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland
  3. Chair of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland
  4. Department of Oncological Surgery, 5th Military Clinical Hospital, Krakow, Poland
  5. National Institute of Oncology, Maria Sk³odowska-Curie Memorial, Warsaw, Poland
  6. Department of General, Oncological, Metabolic and Emergency Surgery, University Hospital, Krakow, Poland
Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2025, 112, 306-313
Data publikacji online: 2025/12/30
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