Radiation Oncology

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How do you manage a patient with cervical cancer who has FDG uptake in bilateral ischial tuberosities with lytic areas on CT correlate, and also has a history suspicious for untreated polymyalgia rheumatica with chronic symptoms in the same anatomic locations?

Cervical cancer FIGO stage IIIC2. Bloodwork shows elevated ESR and CRP.

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Is polymyalgia rheumatica associated with increased toxicity for lung SBRT?

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Would you have a patient temporarily discontinue methotrexate while receiving a FAST or FAST FORWARD regimen for breast irradiation?

The patient is on a dose of 22 mg of methotrexate weekly for severe rheumatoid arthritis. If you would discontinue the methotrexate, how long would y...

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Would you consider re-irradiation for recurrence of Dupuytren's Contracture?

It's been 5+ years after the first course. If you decide to re-irradiate what dosing schema would you use?

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Would you consider continuing a biologic for difficult to control autoimmune disease in a patient with a recent diagnosis of a surgically curable solid malignancy?

Would you favor the use of any particular biologics over others?

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J Rheumatol, 2019 Apr 01

Therapy with Biologic Agents After Diagnosis of Solid Malignancies: Results from the Corrona Registry.

RMD Open,

How do we use biologics in rheumatoid arthritis patients with a history of malignancy? An assessment of treatment patterns using Scandinavian registers.

Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.,

Radiotherapy optimization in early-stage Dupuytren's contracture: first results of a randomized clinical study.

Rheumatology (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 2015 May 07

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and its Association with Cancer.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2013 Jul 10

Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica? A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database.

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