A greater risk for exfoliation glaucoma was associated with any history of non-melanoma skin cancer, according to a study.
The 39% increased risk was seen regardless of 4- and 8-year lags in NMSC history.
Data for 120,307 participants in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professional Follow-up Study (HPFS) with at least 25 years of follow-up were included. Jae H. Kang, ScD, and colleagues identified 362 incident exfoliative glaucoma (XFG) cases in the NHS and 83 in the HPFS. Of the total person-time, NMSC was prevalent in greater (Read more...)
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