Autoimmune Disease Patients Face Significantly Higher Skin Cancer Risk
Source: Managed Healthcare Executive , April 2025
Patients with a rare disease called mucous membrane pemphigoid are at risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, finds a new study.
Patients with mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) face nearly double the risk of developing certain skin cancers compared to the general population, according to a large-scale study published in Frontiers in Medicine.
The research, led by Philip Curman, M.D., of Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden, analyzed data from more than 117 million U.S. individuals and found that those with severe MMP had more than twice the risk of developing squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma, common types of skin cancer.