Impact of Radiation Therapy on Scleroderma and Cancer Outcomes in Scleroderma Patients With Breast Cancer.
Dhaval J ShahRam HirparaCorrie L PoelmanAdrianne WoodsLaura K HummersFredrick M WigleyJean L WrightArti ParekhVirginia D SteenRobyn T DomsicChristopher A MecoliPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2019)
These data suggest that radiation injury causing local tissue fibrosis is not inevitable in SSc patients with breast cancer, occurring in approximately 50% of patients without evidence of lung or generalized skin disease flare. Therefore, the use of radiation therapy for breast cancer is considered an option based on the informed patient's preference.
Keyphrases
- radiation therapy
- systemic sclerosis
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- interstitial lung disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- papillary thyroid
- case report
- radiation induced
- type diabetes
- electronic health record
- patient reported outcomes
- adipose tissue
- young adults
- rectal cancer
- insulin resistance
- lymph node metastasis