The prevalence, clinical features, predictive factors and investigations to screen for cancer in patients with inflammatory myositis: A case series from two tertiary care centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ghassan Aljohani; Eman A. Bin Awad; Khalid Alshahrani; Mubark M. Alsaqar; Bashayer Albogami; Saleh H. Almotywee; Hisham Almaimouni; Abdullah S. Dirar; Abdulrahman Alrashid; Rajkumar Rajendram; Emad Masuadi; Mohammed A. Omair

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The prevalence, clinical features, predictive factors and investigations to screen for cancer in patients with inflammatory myositis

A case series from two tertiary care centers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Ghassan Aljohani, Eman A. Bin Awad, Khalid Alshahrani, Mubark M. Alsaqar, Bashayer Albogami, Saleh H. Almotywee, Hisham Almaimouni, Abdullah S. Dirar, Abdulrahman Alrashid, Rajkumar Rajendram, Emad Masuadi and Mohammed A. Omair

Saudi Medical Journal January 2021, 42 (1) 100-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.1.25590

Ghassan Aljohani

From the Department of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard - Health Affairs; from the College of Medicine (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (Aljohani, Bin Awad, Alsaqar, Albogami, Almotywee, Almaimouni, Dirar, Alrashid, Rajendram, Masuadi); and from the Rheumatology Unit (Alshahrani, Omair), Department of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Cancer diagnostic screening tests performed and their frequency. CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen, CA 19-9: cancer antigen 19-9, CA 125: cancer antigen 125, PSA: prostate-specific antigen, EGD: esophagogastroduodenoscopy

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