Table 3.
Characteristics of Initial 6 Anti-RNA polymerase I/III positive subjects
| Subject # |
Gender | Malignancy | Scleroderma Duration at Cancer Diagnosis (years) |
RP Duration at Cancer Diagnosis (years) |
mRSS* | Scleroderma Complications** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Female | Breast invasive ductal carcinoma |
−2.0 | 0.7 | 42 | Renal crisis ILD |
| 2 | Female | Lung small cell carcinoma |
−1.0 | 0 | 47 | ILD |
| 4 | Female | Ovarian poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma |
−1.3 | −0.3 | 21 | Renal crisis Myopathy |
| 9 | Female | Non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
0.8 | 0.5 | 14 | Myopathy PAH |
| 13 | Female | Breast invasive ductal carcinoma |
1.3 | 1.0 | 30 | None |
| 35 | Female | Breast ductal carcinoma in situ |
−2.0 | −2.4 | 48 | None |
Maximal mRSS during disease course
Complications evaluated include renal crisis, myopathy, ILD, and PAH.
Abbreviations: RP – Raynaud’s phenomenon, mRSS – modified Rodnan skin score, ILD – interstitial lung disease, PAH – pulmonary arterial hypertension