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Abstracts tagged "Malignancy and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

  • Abstract Number: 1501 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    The Incidence of Interstial Lung Disease and Malignancies in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Katherine Larson1, Faizah Siddique2 and Samya Mohammad1, 1Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2Department of Veterans Affairs, Richmond, VA

    Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic disease with a known association with lymphoma and interstitial lung disease (ILD). ILD is a frequent extraarticular manifestation…
  • Abstract Number: 1510 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016

    Trends in the Occurrence of Malignancy in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on the Institute of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis (IORRA) Cohort during a 14-Year Observation Period

    Naoki Sugimoto, Eiichi Tanaka, Eisuke Inoue, Moeko Ochiai, Yoko Shimizu, Rei Yamaguchi, Kumi Shidara, Ayako Nakajima, Atsuo Taniguchi and Hisashi Yamanaka, Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

    Background/Purpose: Along with increased proportions of patients using methotrexate (MTX) and biological agents (from 34.2% and 0.0% in 2000 to 77.3% and 18.8% in 2013,…
  • Abstract Number: 1514 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Incidence and Risk Factors of Malignancy in a Cohort of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients from Singapore

    XR Lim1, LZ Liu2, X Gao2, J W L Tan1, L W Koh3, TY Lian1, W Q See4, KP Leong1, ET Koh1 and TTSH RA Study Group, 1Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 2Clinical Research and Innovation Office, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 3Department of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore, 4Tan Tock Seng Hospital, singapore, Singapore

    Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been shown to have an increased risk of developing malignancies. This study was undertaken to determine the incidence…
  • Abstract Number: 2052 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015

    Lymphoma in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Biologic Drugs:  Long-Term Follow-up of Risks and Lymphoma Subtypes

    Karin Hellgren1, Christer Sundström2, Johan Askling3, Eva Baecklund4 and on behalf of the ARTIS study group, 1Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, 3Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Rheumatology, Department of Medical Sciences, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: The long-term lymphoma risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) remains a concern. The aim of…
  • Abstract Number: 413 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

    Association of Antinuclear Antibodies with Lung Disease, Malignancy and Joint Replacement in Rheumatoid Arthritis

    Reshmi Raveendran1, Bobby Kwanghoon Han2, Quan-Zhen Li3 and Nancy J. Olsen1, 1Medicine, Penn State MS Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, 2Rheumatology, Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, 3Immunology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

    Background/Purpose Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are present in a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  Positivity for ANA in RA has been associated with…
  • Abstract Number: 1222 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    Incidence and Time Trends of Malignancy in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population Based Study 1980-2007

    Kerry Wright1, Cynthia S. Crowson2, Sherine E. Gabriel3 and Eric L. Matteson1, 1Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3Health Sciences Research & Div of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Background/Purpose: to determine the incidence and time trends of malignancy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 1980-2007 compared to individuals without RA from the…
  • Abstract Number: 1229 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012

    Rheumatoid Arthritis and Risks of Malignant Lymphoma – Are Risks Still Increased?

    Karin Hellgren1, Eva Baecklund2, Karin E Smedby3, Carin Backlin4, Christer Sundstrom5 and Johan Askling6, 1Department of Medicine , Karolinska Insitutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Unit of Rheumatology, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Department of Medical Sciences, Rheumatology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, 3Department of Medicine Karolinska Institutet at Karolinska University Hospital, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Uppsala University, Department of Medical Sciences,, Uppsala, Sweden, 5Uppsala University, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala, Sweden, 6Rheumatology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Background/Purpose: Patients with established Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of malignant lymphomas. We have previously demonstrated a strong association between inflammatory intensity and…

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