Risk of cancer in patients with thalassemia and sickle cell disease: a systematic review

Background Individuals with thalassemia or sickle cell disease (SCD) are at an elevated risk of developing cancer, yet the full extent of this risk remains inadequately characterised.Methods We conducted a systematic review using three databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE and Scopus) to compare the cancer ris...

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Published in:	Annals of Medicine
Main Authors:	Lucia Merolle, Luca Ghirotto, Davide Schiroli, Giulietta Luul Balestra, Francesco Venturelli, Maria Chiara Bassi, Erminia Di Bartolomeo, Roberto Baricchi, Chiara Marraccini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Taylor & Francis Group 2025-12-01
Subjects:	Thalassemia cancer incidence sickle cell disease systematic review
Online Access:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/07853890.2025.2522967