Peters P, Rabbolini D, Sinnya S, Khosrotehrani K, Wagner G
Queensland Institute of Dermatology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Clin Exp Dermatol. 2014 Oct;39(7):791-4. doi: 10.1111/ced.12388. Epub 2014 Aug 22.
Nilotinib is a second generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor, used in the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML).
We assessed a 72-year-old woman who was treated with nilotinib for CML.
During the year following commencement of nilotinib, the patient developed eight squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) on her legs.
Development of SCC is a previously unreported adverse reaction to nilotinib.