Abstracts tagged "Oncology"

Abstract Number: 0172 • ACR Convergence 2025
Cancer Screening for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Scoping Review
Teresa Xiao¹, Namrata Singh² and Pankti Reid³, ¹University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ³University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: There is minimal guidance on specific cancer screening practices for rheumatic diseases (RDs) other than for myositis. The aim of this scoping review was…
Abstract Number: 1492 • ACR Convergence 2025
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Gynecologic Cancers in Female Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Katherine Moseley¹, Dulaney Wilson², Emily Vara¹ and Diane Kamen³, ¹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ²Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Island, SC
Background/Purpose: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that is nine times more prevalent in women. Patients with SLE are at an…
Abstract Number: 0145 • ACR Convergence 2025
Population Assessment of Cancer Incidence among Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies in North Carolina
Astia Allenzara¹, Ben Albright², Xi Zhou², Amanda Nelson³, Laura Green⁴, Katherine Reeder-Hayes⁴, Jennifer Lund⁴, Caroline Thompson⁴ and Chris Baggett⁴, ¹UNC, Chapel Hill, NC, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁴University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Background/Purpose: Cancer is highly prevalent and a leading cause of death for patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM). Evaluating cancer type and stage at diagnosis…
Abstract Number: 1386 • ACR Convergence 2025
Characterization and Progression of Localized Amyloidosis in Sjogren’s Syndrome: Evidence Long-Term (1995-2025) Follow-Up of a Cohort compared to Literature Review.
Hoang Nguyen¹, Philip Moresco², Antoine Chiu², Asha Patnaik³ and Peter Gorevic⁴, ¹Stony Brook University-Renaissance School of Medicine- Department of Rheumatology, Jamaica, NY, ²Stony Brook University -Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, ³Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY, ⁴Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Background/Purpose: -Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic autoimmune disorder, defined by keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), specific serologies, and a significant risk of extra-exocrine disease manifestations and…
Abstract Number: 1351 • ACR Convergence 2025
Are Glucocorticoids Associated with Worse Overall Survival among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors? The Confounding Effect of Dexamethasone
Deanna Jannat-Khah¹, Jeffrey Curtis², Fenglong Xie³, Ashish Saxena⁴ and Anne R. Bass¹, ¹Hospital For Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ³The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Weill Cornell Medicine, New York
Background/Purpose: Previous studies suggest that glucocorticoids are associated with worse survival in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI). This is an important issue for Rheumatoid…
Abstract Number: 1117 • ACR Convergence 2025
Inflammatory Arthritis after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Case Series and Literature Review
Scott Yeudall¹, Mark Levis², Jonathan Webster² and Laura Cappelli³, ¹The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, ²Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) is a commonly employed treatment for hematologic malignancies including acute leukemias and lymphomas but can be complicated by graft-versus-host…
Abstract Number: 2491 • ACR Convergence 2025
High Prevalence of Autoimmunity and Cancer in Anti-NOR90-positive Patients: A Multicenter Observational Study
Marina Dueñas-Ochoa¹, Cristina Valero², Francisco Morandeira³, Juan Carlos Sáez¹, Maryia Nikitsina⁴, Montserrat Roig Kim⁵, Laia De Daniel Bisbe⁵, Esther Vicente-Rabaneda⁶, Arantza Alfranca¹, Miguel A. González-Gay⁷, Martí Aguilar Coll⁸, Rosario Garcia Vicuña⁶, Javier Narváez⁹ and Santos Castañeda¹⁰, ¹Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ²Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ³Department of Immunology. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴University Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain, and Medicine and Psychiatry Department, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain, ⁸Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: Anti-Nucleolar Organizer Region 90 (anti-NOR90) antibodies target nucleolar proteins involved in ribosomal RNA transcription and processing, key steps in protein synthesis. These antibodies have…
Abstract Number: 1111 • ACR Convergence 2025
Checkpoint Inhibitor Induced Myocarditis with Myositis/Myasthenia Gravis Concurrence: An Observational Study
Maja Ivanovic¹, Daming Shao², Andrew Wang³, Craig Smuda² and Pankti Reid¹, ¹University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) induced myositis is the ICI rheumatic toxicity with the greatest case mortality rate, especially when associated with myocarditis and/or myasthenia…
Abstract Number: 2252 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association between frailty and survival among older adults with rheumatoid arthritis and lung cancer
Michelle Nguyen¹, Aaron Baraff², Alexander Peterson², Alexandra Schmidt², Katherine Wysham³, Aliyah Pabani⁴, Carolyn Presley⁵, Nicholas Smith¹, Shelly Gray¹, Jose Garcia⁶, Ariela Orkaby⁷ and Namrata Singh¹, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴Johns Hopkins, Washington, DC, ⁵Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, ⁶VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA GRECC, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁷VA Boston Healthcare System & Division of Aging, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School & VA Geriatrics Research Education and Clinical Center, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher prevalence of frailty, even at younger ages, compared to the general population1. Among persons with lung…
Abstract Number: 1110 • ACR Convergence 2025
Tumor outcomes and arthritis flares in patients with pre-existing rheumatoid arthritis receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy
Madalyn Walsh¹, Jeremy Zhang², Bashar Abuqayas¹, Sanchay Jain³, Yosef Zakharia⁴, Aleksander Lenert⁵ and Jennifer Strouse⁶, ¹University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA, ²Rush University, Chicago, IL, ³University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, ⁶University of Iowa, Iowa City
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized the treatment of an increasing number of malignancies. Because patients with pre-existing autoimmune disease have been excluded from…
Abstract Number: 2251 • ACR Convergence 2025
Dual Diagnoses, Diminished Survival: Association between rheumatoid arthritis and survival among older adults with lung cancer
Michelle Nguyen¹, Aaron Baraff², Alexandra Schmidt², Alexander Peterson², Aliyah Pabani³, Nicholas Smith¹, Shelly Gray¹, Jose Garcia⁴, Noel Weiss¹ and Namrata Singh⁵, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ³Johns Hopkins, Washington, DC, ⁴VA Puget Sound Health Care System, VA GRECC, and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ⁵University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of malignancies, particularly lung cancer, relative to the general population1. However, the association between RA…
Abstract Number: 1108 • ACR Convergence 2025
Baseline Features, Immunosuppression, and Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients with Pre-existing Rheumatic Disease and Cancer Requiring Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy
Laura Cappelli¹, Pankti Reid², Noha Abdel-Wahab³, Anne R. Bass⁴, Tawnie Braaten⁵, Cassandra Calabrese⁶, Nilasha Ghosh⁷, Tamiko Katsumoto⁸, Sang Kim⁹, Minna Kohler¹⁰, Alexa Meara¹¹, Namrata Singh¹², Jeffrey Sparks¹³, Maria Suarez-Almazor¹⁴, Ami Shah¹⁵ and Clifton Bingham¹⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ³University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, houston, TX, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ⁷Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Millbrae, CA, ⁹Yale University, Branford, CT, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, COLUMBUS, OH, ¹²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁴MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ¹⁵Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁶Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are effective therapies commonly used to treat malignancies but can cause flares or unrelated immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in patients…
Abstract Number: 2237 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety of DMARD therapy in veterans with rheumatoid arthritis following melanoma diagnosis: a survival analysis
Gabriella Girolami¹, Shamey Kassim², Alexander Peterson³, Aaron Baraff³, Alexandra Schmidt³, Shailender Bhatia⁴, Natalie Miller⁴, Jennifer Barton⁵, Jeffrey Curtis⁶, Christopher Li⁴ and Namrata Singh⁷, ¹University of Washington, Seattle, ²University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ³VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, ⁴Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, ⁵VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ⁶Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education and Research, Birmingham, AL, ⁷University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: While disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) are critical in managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), their immunosuppressive effects raise concerns about cancer-related outcomes. In patients with RA…
Abstract Number: 1107 • ACR Convergence 2025
Baseline Data on Rheumatic Immune-related Adverse Events from the Largest Prospective Multicenter US Consortium
Laura Cappelli¹, Namrata Singh², Noha Abdel-Wahab³, Anne R. Bass⁴, Tawnie Braaten⁵, Cassandra Calabrese⁶, Nilasha Ghosh⁷, Tamiko Katsumoto⁸, Sang Kim⁹, Minna Kohler¹⁰, Alexa Meara¹¹, Pankti Reid¹², Jeffrey Sparks¹³, Maria Suarez-Almazor¹⁴, Clifton Bingham¹⁵ and Ami Shah¹⁶, ¹Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²University of Washington, Bellevue, WA, ³University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, houston, TX, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland Heights, OH, ⁷Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University, Millbrae, CA, ⁹Yale University, Branford, CT, ¹⁰Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ¹¹The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, COLUMBUS, OH, ¹²University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, ¹³Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁴MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ¹⁵Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁶Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Large, multi-center efforts are needed to optimally study rheumatic immune-related adverse events (rh-irAEs) from immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) use. We aimed to characterize the…
Abstract Number: 1353 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Frailty and Incident Cancer in Newly Diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis
Bhavik Bansal¹, Laura Gold², Katherine Wysham³, James Andrews⁴, Alexa Meara⁵, Carolyn Presley⁶, Elad Sharon⁷, Jiha Lee⁸, Jennifer Barton⁹, Una Makris¹⁰ and Namrata Singh¹¹, ¹All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi, India, ²University of Washington, Seattle, ³VA PUGET SOUND/UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, WA, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, COLUMBUS, OH, ⁶The Ohio State Medical Center, Columbus, OH, ⁷Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁹VA Portland Health Care System/OHSU, Portland, OR, ¹⁰UT Southwestern Medical Center and Dallas VA, Dallas, TX, ¹¹University of Washington, Bellevue, WA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of cancer, but the underlying risk factors remain poorly understood. Frailty is linked to an…

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