Rheumatology

Thoracic Malignancies

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Would you still consider durvalumab consolidation after definitive chemoradiation for patients with Stage III NSCLC who are on stable weekly methotrexate dosing for psoriasis/psoriatic arthritis?

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What are your recommendations for a patient with metastatic non-mutated lung adenocarcinoma who previously had headaches responsive to prednisone but with negative temporal artery biopsy for GCA?

For medical oncologists, would you offer a PD-1/L1 inhibitor? For other subspecialties, how would you counsel the oncologist regarding the risk of usi...

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Would you offer lung SBRT to a medically inoperable patient with systemic lupus erythematosus or other connective tissue disorders if well controlled?

If so, do you take any additional precautions with planning?

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Would you offer lung SBRT for an individual with rheumatoid arthritis?

Also, how would you handle immune modulators for rheumatoid arthritis during their treatment?

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How do you identify immunotherapy-related pneumonitis vs. radiation pneumonitis in a patient status post chemoradiation receiving consolidation immunotherapy?

Is IO related pneumonitis in the radiation field or more diffuse?

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In which patients with stage IV NSCLC and PD-L1 TPS >50% plus concomitant autoimmune disease is it considered safe to give immune checkpoint blockers?

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Do you use immune checkpoint inhibitors in NSCLC patients with pre-existing, well-controlled autoimmune disease?

Does the type of autoimmune disease (ex IBD, rheumatoid arthritis, interstitial lung disease) matter?

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Papers discussed in this category

JAMA Netw Open, 2021 Feb 01

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

Annals of internal medicine, 2018-01-16

Use of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in the Treatment of Patients With Cancer and Preexisting Autoimmune Disease: A Systematic Review.

Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 2004

Effects of radiation therapy on the lung: radiologic appearances and differential diagnosis.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2017-03

Pneumonitis in Patients Treated With Anti-Programmed Death-1/Programmed Death Ligand 1 Therapy.

The New England journal of medicine, 2015-07-16

J Immunother Cancer,

Immune checkpoint inhibitors in patients with pre-existing psoriasis: safety and efficacy.

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