EDITORIAL - Window of opportunity

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Journal of Rheumatology

Editorial

September 2004

" Window of Opportunity " :

http://www.jrheum.com/subscribers/04/09/1677.html

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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It would seem to me that RA will find a way to escape into the fog and elude

it's pursuers until there is a screening test that is simple and available

to all. If early intervention holds the key to remission there must be a

" gold standard " test that would detect the disease while it is asymptomatic

in every cohort.

The much heralded PSA test for Prostate Cancer is beginning to lose

advocates because they say too many are being treated who would not have had

disease progression that was life threatening.

Others say that PCa deaths are declining because of the screening of men at

a younger age.

Would screening for RA start at birth? Or 5 years? It would seem that early

intervention would need to be just that. Very early intervention.

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[ ] EDITORIAL - Window of opportunity

> Journal of Rheumatology

> Editorial

> September 2004

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> " Window of Opportunity " :

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> http://www.jrheum.com/subscribers/04/09/1677.html

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> Not an MD

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> I'll tell you where to go!

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> Mayo Clinic in Rochester

> http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

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> s Hopkins Medicine

> http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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, it's true that the PSA test is too sensitive.

The " window of opportunity " in RA is still open after people begin to show

symptoms of RA. Or so it is believed. The emphasis is on getting an early,

accurate diagnosis and then aggressive treatment before the window closes.

Due to the heterogeneous nature of RA, I think it might be difficult to come

up with one, and only one, marker.

Not an MD

I'll tell you where to go!

Mayo Clinic in Rochester

http://www.mayoclinic.org/rochester

s Hopkins Medicine

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org

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