Radiation Oncology

Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Do you offer LDRT for psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, or polymyalgia rheumatica or fibromyalgia?

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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Is active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) a contraindication to hypofractionated breast irradiation?

How does a diagnosis of active RA inform your treatment approach for patients with breast cancer, if at all?

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How would you approach definitive treatment of intermediate-risk prostate cancer with baseline severe (AUA >25) urinary dysfunction and severe rheumatoid arthritis?

Would your answer change for favorable vs unfavorable intermediate risk disease?

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JAMA Netw Open, 2021 Feb 01

Assessment of Toxic Effects Associated With Dose-Fractionated Radiotherapy Among Patients With Cancer and Comorbid Collagen Vascular Disease.

Lancet Oncol., 2013-10-01

The UK Standardisation of Breast Radiotherapy (START) trials of radiotherapy hypofractionation for treatment of early breast cancer: 10-year follow-up results of two randomised controlled trials.

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