Impact of combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema on lung cancer risk and mortality in rheumatoid arthritis: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.
Shunsuke MoriYukitaka UekiMizue HasegawaKazuyoshi NakamuraKouya NakashimaToshihiko HidakaKoji IshiiHironori KobayashiTomoya MiyamuraPublished in: PloS one (2024)
RA patients with lung cancer had a higher prevalence of CPFE and increased cancer-related mortality compared with non-RA patients. Close monitoring and optimal treatment strategies tailored to RA patients with CPFE are important to improve the poor prognosis of lung cancer.
Keyphrases
- rheumatoid arthritis
- poor prognosis
- pulmonary fibrosis
- disease activity
- long non coding rna
- end stage renal disease
- risk factors
- ankylosing spondylitis
- cardiovascular events
- ejection fraction
- interstitial lung disease
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- clinical trial
- type diabetes
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- smoking cessation
- lung function
- air pollution
- patient reported
- double blind