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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Feb;67(2):317–326. doi: 10.1002/art.38928

Table 1.

Increased risk of particular tumor types among patients with dermatomyositis and systemic sclerosis.

Dermatomyositis Systemic Sclerosis

Cancer site Reference Cancer site Reference
Ovary (20, 21, 23) Lung (5, 79, 11, 1316)
Lung (20, 21, 23, 24) Hematologic (8, 1216)
Pancreas (21, 23) Esophagus (6)
Stomach (21) Oropharynx (6, 16)
Colorectal (21, 23) Skin (8, 9)
Breast (21, 23, 24) Cervix (8)
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (21) Liver (9, 14, 25)
Nasopharynx (SE Asians) (24) Bladder (14)