Spanish Registry of Recent-onset Psoriatic Arthritis (REAPSER study): Aims and methodology.

Aims: To describe the methodology of REAPSER (Spanish Registry of Recent-onset Psoriatic Arthritis), its strengths and limitations. The aim of this study is to identify prognostic factors for the clinical and radiographic course in a cohort of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) diagnosed within 2years of symptom evolution.

Methods: Multicenter, observational and prospective study (with 2-year follow-up including annual visits).

Competing causes of death in patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck cancer treated with concomitant boost radiation plus concurrent weekly cisplatin.

Background: This study analyzes the morbidity and the contribution of different causes of death to the outcome of patients with locally advanced head and- neck cancer after weekly cisplatin plus concomitant boost accelerated radiation treated in our center.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-four patients with locally advanced head and neck carcinoma were included in this phase II trial consisting of concomitant boost radiation plus concurrent weekly cisplatin. The 43 patients treated in our centered with long-term follow-up were analyzed.