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Is it necessary to prescribe a steroid taper after two weeks of high-dose prednisone (60 mg daily)?

How do you manage a patient with cervical cancer who has FDG uptake in bilateral ischial tuberosities with lytic areas on CT correlate, and also has a history suspicious for untreated polymyalgia rheumatica with chronic symptoms in the same anatomic locations?

Cervical cancer FIGO stage IIIC2. Bloodwork shows elevated ESR and CRP.

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How are you utilizing vibratory devices for reducing pain associated with injection or procedures?

In which situations or patient populations do you find this useful? How is it sterilized?

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Is polymyalgia rheumatica associated with increased toxicity for lung SBRT?

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Would you have a patient temporarily discontinue methotrexate while receiving a FAST or FAST FORWARD regimen for breast irradiation?

The patient is on a dose of 22 mg of methotrexate weekly for severe rheumatoid arthritis. If you would discontinue the methotrexate, how long would y...

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Would you consider re-irradiation for recurrence of Dupuytren's Contracture?

It's been 5+ years after the first course. If you decide to re-irradiate what dosing schema would you use?

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Would you consider continuing a biologic for difficult to control autoimmune disease in a patient with a recent diagnosis of a surgically curable solid malignancy?

Would you favor the use of any particular biologics over others?

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Papers discussed in this category

J Rheumatol, 2019 Apr 01

Therapy with Biologic Agents After Diagnosis of Solid Malignancies: Results from the Corrona Registry.

RMD Open,

How do we use biologics in rheumatoid arthritis patients with a history of malignancy? An assessment of treatment patterns using Scandinavian registers.

Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys.,

Radiotherapy optimization in early-stage Dupuytren's contracture: first results of a randomized clinical study.

Rheumatology (Sunnyvale, Calif.), 2015 May 07

Polymyalgia Rheumatica and its Association with Cancer.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2013 Jul 10

Is cancer associated with polymyalgia rheumatica? A cohort study in the General Practice Research Database.

Journal of the Endocrine Society, 2022 Dec 02

Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Patients on Glucocorticoids.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021 Apr 20

Glucocorticoid Withdrawal-An Overview on When and How to Diagnose Adrenal Insufficiency in Clinical Practice.

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