Rheumatological diseases and cancer: the hidden variable of radiation exposure

Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Dec;73(12):2065-8. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206585. Epub 2014 Oct 9.

Authors

Eugenio Picano¹, Richard Semelka², James Ravenel³, Marco Matucci-Cerinic⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Pisa, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Radiology and Radiologic Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
⁴ Division of Rheumatology AOUC, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

PMID: 25301819
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206585

No abstract available

Keywords: Ankylosing Spondylitis; Cardiovascular Disease; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Systemic Sclerosis.

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Editorial
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MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Lung Diseases, Interstitial / diagnostic imaging*
Male
Multidetector Computed Tomography / methods*
Scleroderma, Systemic / diagnostic imaging*