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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Aug;63(8):2495–2503. doi: 10.1002/art.30394

Table 2.

Solid malignancies detected in 13 patients after completion of WGET: treatment assignment, disease severity of WG and immunosuppressant drug use.

Case Arm Disease
extent
Age1/
Gender
Type of cancer Time to cancer
after enrollment/
closeout (m)
Previous
cancer/
time before
enrollment
CYC USE (grams)
Other drug use (type)
Vital
status
Before
trial
During
trial
After
trial
Before
trial
During
trial
After
trial
1 EG Limited 29/F Melanoma 61/27 no 24 20 no MTX MTX
AZA
Alive
2 Limited 36/M Squamous cell (tonsillar) carcinoma 52/14 no 183 no no MTX MTX
AZA
Alive
3 Limited 71/M Squamous (transitional) cell, metastatic 56/39 Bladder Ca., 8 years 264 no no MTX MTX Dead
4 Limited 70/M Prostate cancer 31/4 No no no yes MTX MTX
AZA
Alive
5 Severe 56/M Prostate cancer 50/36 No no 50 yes AZA MTX Alive
6 Severe 57/M Melanoma 62/30 No 84 7 no AZA AZA Alive
7 Severe 66/F Cholangiocarcinoma 38/21 Breast ca, 12 years 48 7 no AZA MTX MTX Dead
8 Severe 63/M Small bowel 78/45 Squamous skin ca, >5 years 105 no no AZA MTX MTX
AZA
Alive

9 PG Limited 62/M Bladder carcinoma 66/34 No 144 no no AZA
Cyclo
MTX MTX Alive
10 Severe 42/M Renal cell carcinoma 49/16 No 1 24 no AZA Dead
11 Severe 57/M Colon cancer 35/3 No 2.5 11.9 no MTX
AZA
Dead
12 Severe 61/M Prostate cancer 34/5 Melanoma, 15 years 64 21 no Alive
13 Severe 71/F Cholangiocarcinoma 59/26 No 40 11 no MTX MTX
AZA
Alive
1

Age at enrollment in WGET.

EG: Etanercept group, PG: Placebo group

CYC: Cyclophosphamide, MTX: Methotrexate, AZA: Azathioprine, Cyclo: Cyclosporine