1. Non-Lymphoma Hematological Malignancies in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
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Lu, Mary, Bernatsky, Sasha, Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind, Petri, Michelle, Manzi, Susan, Urowitz, Murray B., Gladman, Dafna, Fortin, Paul R., Ginzler, Ellen M., Yelin, Edward, Bae, Sang-Cheol, Wallace, Daniel J., Jacobsen, Soren, Dooley, Mary Anne, Peschken, Christine A., Alarcón, Graciela S., Nived, Ola, Gottesman, Lena, Criswell, Lindsey A., and Sturfelt, Gunnar
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ACADEMIC medical centers ,AGE distribution ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,REPORTING of diseases ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,MEDICAL cooperation ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus ,DATA analysis ,DISEASE prevalence ,HEMATOLOGIC malignancies - Abstract
Objective: To describe non-lymphoma hematological malignancies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: A large SLE cohort was linked to cancer registries. We examined the types of non-lymphoma hematological cancers. Results: In16,409 patients, 115 hematological cancers [including myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)] occurred. Among these, 33 were non-lymphoma. Of the 33 non-lymphoma cases, 13 were of lymphoid lineage: multiple myeloma (n = 5), plasmacytoma (n = 3), B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL; n = 3), precursor cell lymphoblastic leukemia (n = 1) and unspecified lymphoid leukemia (n = 1). The remaining 20 cases were of myeloid lineage: MDS (n = 7), acute myeloid leukemia (AML; n = 7), chronic myeloid leukemia (CML; n = 2) and 4 unspecified leukemias. Most of these malignancies occurred in female Caucasians, except for plasma cell neoplasms (4/5 multiple myeloma and 1/3 plasmacytoma cases occurred in blacks). Conclusions: In this large SLE cohort, the most common non-lymphoma hematological malignancies were myeloid types (MDS and AML). This is in contrast to the general population, where lymphoid types are 1.7 times more common than myeloid non-lymphoma hematological malignancies. Most (80%) multiple myeloma cases occurred in blacks; this requires further investigation. © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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