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What is your approach to screening for malignancy in dermatomyositis patients who do not have a high risk antibody profile and whose disease responds well to treatment?

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Rheumatology · The University of Chicago Medicine

This is a great question and one that is very relevant to our clinical practice. Different myositis specific and associated antibodies seem to carry different risks in their associations with cancer. My colleague, Dr. Alexander Oldroyd, has written our current guidelines on cancer screening for pati...

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