Publications by authors named "Kouya Nakashima"
Article Synopsis
- - The study aimed to assess how common lung cancer is among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and identify factors that predict its occurrence.
- - Out of 771 RA patients followed for an average of 9.3 years, different lung conditions showed varied lung cancer incidence rates, with CPFE patients at the highest risk (47.8 cases per 1,000 patient-years).
- - Findings suggest that RA patients with smoking history and pulmonary complications, particularly CPFE, should be closely monitored for lung cancer risk.
Objective: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a syndrome characterized by the coexistence of emphysema and fibrotic interstitial lung disease (ILD). The aim of this study was to examine the effect of CPFE on lung cancer risk and lung cancer-related mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
Methods: We conducted a multicenter retrospective cohort study of patients newly diagnosed with lung cancer at five community hospitals between June 2006 and December 2021.