The research contradicts numerous earlier studies that did find an increased risk . In the new study, researchers looked at data from a large national survey of more than 100,000 people who had been diagnosed with cancer between 2002 and 2010. As he notes in his editorial , some 40 % of participants taking TNF inhibitors dropped out within the first month , compared with only 15 % in the comparison group . Previous studies have found that TNF inhibitors as much as double the risk .
The research contradicts numerous earlier studies that did find an increased risk . In the new study, researchers looked at data from a large national survey of more than 100,000 people who had been diagnosed with cancer between 2002 and 2010. Previous studies have found that TNF inhibitors as much as double the risk .