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Predicting mortality in RA: the quest for useful information

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A new study suggests that rheumatoid arthritis does not increase cancer-related mortality in patients with cancer, particularly in those with advanced stage malignancies. Could the inclusion of quantitative measures of inflammation, physical function or socioeconomic status have changed these findings?

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Figure 1: Significance of eight variables as predictors of mortality in patients with RA.

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The author thanks F. Wolfe, K. Gibson, J. Schulz and J. Block for helpful discussions.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 West Harrison Street, Suite 520, Chicago, 60606, IL, USA

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Pincus, T. Predicting mortality in RA: the quest for useful information. Nat Rev Rheumatol 11, 507–509 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2015.89

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