Re: Disease activity and risk of lymphoma inpatients with RA: nested case-control study

[Guest guest]

Maybe not, a. Even though a high level of RA disease activity and

inflammation are associated with lymphoma, an association does not

necessarily translate to a cause.

Nobody has been able to come to any definite conclusions.

Some theories suggest that, in very severe, treatment-resistant RA, the

out-of-control inflammation is one sign of a " deranged " immune system

and that the use of DMARDs in such cases doesn't directly cause lymphoma

but rather interferes with the struggling immune system's attempts to

keep the lymphoma from emerging.

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

Re: [ ] Disease activity and risk of lymphoma

inpatients with RA: nested case-control study

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> If inflammation is linked to higher rates of lymphoma as this article

> suggests, then treating RA should reduce our risks for lymphoma.

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> > BMJ 1998;317:180-181 ( 18 July )

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> > " Disease activity and risk of lymphoma in patients with rheumatoid

> > arthritis: nested case-control study " :

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> > http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/317/7152/180

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