title: Cancer in collagen disease. A statistical analysis by reviewing the Annual of Pathological Autopsy Cases (Nippon Boken Shuho) in Japan.
abstract: Cases of systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, periarteritis nodosa, and dermato- and polymyositis autopsied in Japan during a recent, 7-year period (1972-1978) were studied to assess the incidence of cancer as a complication. In comparison with the other three groups, cases of dermato- and polymyositis (DP) showed quite a high incidence of malignancy: 53 of 99 for males (53.5%) and 36 of 139 for females (25.9%). In patients older than 50 years of age cancer was recognized in the autopsies of 65.7% of males and 38.2% of females with DP. The stomach was both the primary site and had the highest incidence of cancers in DP (62.3% males, 27.8% females). It was concluded that DP has a strong association with the development of cancer, particularly gastric carcinoma, in Japan.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003882:Dermatomyositis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors