cancer treatments and systemic sclerosis Archives

Abstract Number: 3261 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Examining the Impact of Radiation Therapy on Scleroderma and Cancer Outcomes in Scleroderma Patients with Breast Cancer
Dhaval Shah¹, Ram Hirpara¹, Laura K. Hummers¹, Fredrick M. Wigley², Virginia D. Steen³, Robyn T. Domsic⁴ and Ami A. Shah⁵, ¹Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheum Div/Mason F Lord, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, ⁴Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Radiation oncologists are hesitant to treat scleroderma (SSc) patients with cancer due to concerns about triggering exaggerated fibrosis. In this study, we examined SSc…

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