Rheumatology

Palliation

Questions discussed in this category

Would you offer palliative radiation for painful bone metastases in a patient with scleroderma?

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Would you resume biologic treatments such as TNF blockers in patients with symptomatic autoimmune conditions who are in remission from their cancers?

How about those with metastatic disease eager to maintain quality of life? Do you risk progression of disease if the TNF blocker is re-started?

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Papers discussed in this category

Expert Opin Drug Saf,

Risk of malignancies using anti-TNF agents in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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