Paraneoplastic and Cancer Treatment-related Rheumatic Disorders

Paraneoplastic and Cancer Treatment-related Rheumatic Disorders
Author: Kenneth J. Scalapino
Publisher: Clinics: Internal Medicine
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781455711895

This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America provides foundational and in-depth information about paraneoplastic and cancer treatment-related rheumatic disorders, in which every practicing rheumatologist should be well-versed. Topics covered include neoplasm risk in patients with rheumatic diseases; neoplasm risk of anti-rheumatic therapy; rheumatologic laboratory findings in malignancy; rheumatic manifestations of primary and metastatic bone tumors and paraneoplastic bone disease; neoplastic/paraneoplastic synovitis; neoplastic/paraneoplastic dermatitis, fasciitis, and panniculitis; neoplastic/paraneoplastic vasculitis, vasculopathy, and hypercoagulability; neoplastic/paraneoplastic myalgias and myositis; and less-common neoplastic/paraneoplastic syndromes.

Rheumatic Diseases and Syndromes Induced by Cancer Immunotherapy

Rheumatic Diseases and Syndromes Induced by Cancer Immunotherapy
Author: Maria E. Suarez-Almazor
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2021-02-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030568245

With the increasing use of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI) across various cancers, the trends for indication at earlier stages, and the use of combination immunotherapy, the frequency of ICI-induced immune-related adverse events (irAE) is expected to grow substantially. Management of these irAE is challenging as it requires not only consideration of the toxicity but also risk-benefit ratios with respect to the primary cancer. Several rheumatic irAE have been reported with ICI therapy including arthritis, myositis, polymyalgia-like syndromes, sicca/Sjogren-like manifestations, and several other less common systemic autoimmune features commonly associated with connective tissue disease. This handbook provides clinicians with a comprehensive overview of the management of rheumatic irAE that develop from cancer immunotherapy. It focuses on the irAE seen with ICI, the most frequently used agents in treating cancer. It provides an overview of cancer immunology, immunotoxicity, and immunotherapies such as ICI, cytokine-based therapy, and CART. It examines the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, and treatment of a variety of rheumatic immune-related adverse events arising from these therapies. Chapters also cover cancer immunotherapy in patients with preexisting rheumatic diseases such as inflammatory arthritis and other connective tissue disorders. The book helps clinicians to distinguish the current types of cancer immunotherapy and general toxicity patterns, recognize and diagnose rheumatic clinical syndromes, understand the pathogenesis of irAE, and consider risk–benefit ratios when managing patients with rheumatic irAE. Rheumatic Diseases and Syndromes Induced by Cancer Immunotherapy is an essential resource for physicians and related professionals, residents, fellows, graduate students and nurses alike in rheumatology, clinical immunology, oncology, and internal medicine.

Cancer and Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, E-Book

Cancer and Rheumatic Diseases, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America, E-Book
Author: John Davis
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2020-08-03
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323761275

This issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics, guest edited by Dr. John Davis, will discuss Cancer and Rheumatic Diseases. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editor, Dr. Michael Weisman. Topics discussed in this issue include, but are not limited to: rheumatic drugs and malignancy potential, biologic drugs and cancer, methotrexate and cancer, managing rheumatoid arthritis with cancer, Sjogren’s Syndrome and cancer, lupus and cancer, scleroderma and cancer, cancer and spondylarthritis, and cancer immunotherapy.

Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Paraneoplastic Syndromes
Author: Robert B. Darnell
Publisher: OUP USA
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2011-08-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199772738

This text provides a comprehensive review of paraneoplastic syndromes from considering both clinical and pathophysiologic aspects. The book provides an overview, classifying the disorders, describes a clinical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of paraneoplastic syndromes in general, and much more.

Uncommon Causes of Stroke

Uncommon Causes of Stroke
Author: Julien Bogousslavsky
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2001-05-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521771450

An essential resource for diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients outside the usual clinical categories.

Spondyloarthropathies, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics

Spondyloarthropathies, An Issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics
Author: Juergen Braun
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2012-08-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1455750603

Edited by Drs. Juergen Braun and Joachim Sieper, this issue of Rheumatic Disease Clinics comprehensively reviews the state of the art of spondyloarthritis (SpA) diagnosis, prognosis, pathogenesis and genetic insights, and treatment. The worldwide burden of SpA now exceeds that of rheumatoid arthritis. General topics covered include inflammatory back pain, pathophysiology, imaging techniques, and therapeutic strategies.

Onco-Nephrology E-Book

Onco-Nephrology E-Book
Author: Kevin W. Finkel
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 608
Release: 2019-07-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323549616

Kidney disease and cancer are frequent comorbidities that require specialized knowledge and expertise from both the nephrologist and the oncologist. Written by three pioneers in this growing subspecialty, Onco-Nephrology provides authoritative, definitive coverage of the mechanism and management of these two life-threatening diseases. This unique, single-volume resource covers current protocols and recommends management therapies to arrest kidney failure and allow oncologic treatments to continue and succeed. Addresses acute and chronic kidney diseases that develop from a variety of cancers. This includes direct kidney injury from the malignancy, paraneoplastic effects of the cancer, and various cancer agents used to treat the malignancy. Discusses key issues regarding kidney disease in patients with cancer, including conventional chemotherapeutic regimens and new novel therapies (targeted agents and immunotherapies) or the malignancies themselves that may promote kidney injury; patients with chronic kidney disease who acquire cancer unrelated to renal failure; and kidney transplantation, which has been shown to carry an increased risk of cancer. Contains dedicated chapters for each class of the conventional chemotherapeutic agents, targeted cancer agents, and cancer immunotherapies including the basic science, pathogenic mechanisms of injury, clinical manifestations, and treatment. Includes special chapters devoted to the individual classes of chemotherapies that relate to kidney disease for quick reference. Discusses increasingly complex problems due to more numerous and specialized anti-cancer drugs, as well as increased survival rates for both cancer and renal failure requiring long-term patient care. Covers anti-VEGF (antivascular endothelial growth factor) agents and cancer immunotherapies – treatments that are being recognized for adverse kidney effects. Utilizes a clear, logical format based on the ASN Core Curriculum for Onco-Nephrology, making this reference an excellent tool for board review, as well as a practical resource in daily practice.

Skills in Rheumatology

Skills in Rheumatology
Author: Hani Almoallim
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 562
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9811583234

This Open Access book presents practical approaches to managing patients affected by various rheumatological diseases, allowing readers to gain a better understanding of the various clinical expressions and problems experienced by these patients. Discussing rheumatology from an organ systems perspective, it highlights the importance ofdetailed musculoskeletal examinations when treating patients affected by rheumatological diseases. The book first explores the latest diagnostic approaches and offers key tips for accurate musculoskeletal examinations before addressing the various treatment modalities, with a particular focus on the most common joints involved in rheumatoid arthritis: the wrists and the metacarpophalangeal joints (2nd and 3rd). Featuring easy-to-understand flow diagrams and explaining the common medical problems associated with rheumatic disease, such as shortness of breath and anemia, it is not only a valuable resource to rheumatologists, but will also appeal to medical students, junior residents, and primary healthcare physicians.

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis

Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis
Author: Renato Alberto Sinico
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2019-09-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3030022390

This volume, written by well-known experts in the field, covers all aspects of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) Associated Vasculitis (AAV). The expression refers to a group of diseases, characterized by destruction and inflammation of small vessels. The clinical signs vary and affect several organs, such as the kidney, lung, skin, nervous system and others. The opening chapters give some historical hints, explain the genetic basis of the disease and provide insights into the pathogenesis derived from recent experimental studies and guides the reader through classification and nomenclature. A large part of the book is then devoted to a detailed description of the specific related diseases and their clinical presentations, the disease course, and potential complications. The advice regarding treatment is based on the best currently available evidence in this constantly evolving area. The book is part of Springer’s series Rare Diseases of the Immune System, which presents recently acquired knowledge on pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapy with the aim of promoting a more holistic approach to these conditions. AAVs are systemic autoimmune diseases of unknown cause that affect small (to medium) sized blood vessels. They include granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener's granulomatosis), microscopic polyangiitis, and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Churg–Strauss syndrome). This volume will be an invaluable source of up-to-date information for all practitioners involved in the care of patients with these diseases.

The Antiphospholipid Syndrome

The Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Author: Ronald A. Asherson
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2018-05-04
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1351085573

Written by the foremost researchers in the field, this book gathers together in a single source the many important clinical associations of antiphospholipid antibodies. Antibody-related clotting mechanisms and their relationship to conditions such as recurrent strokes, chorea, multi infarct dementias, a variety of spinal syndromes, Addison's Disease, recurrent miscarriages, and many more are discussed in depth. The importance of these antibodies in 'Primary,' 'Secondary,' and 'Catastrophic' Antiphospholipid Syndrome is highlighted. Each chapter is devoted to a specific internal system and the clinical effects this syndrome has on that system. This authoritative book is an essential addition to medical libraries as well as an invaluable reference for general physicians, internists, rheumatologists, neurologists, cardiologists, nephrologists, endocrinologists, gastroenterologists, pulmonologists, dermatologists, and obstetricians.