International Guideline for Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy-Associated Cancer Screening: an International Myositis Assessment and Clinical Studies Group (IMACS) initiative

Alexander G. S. Oldroyd, Jeffrey P. Callen, Hector Chinoy, Lorinda Chung, David Fiorentino, Patrick Gordon, Pedro M. Machado, Neil McHugh, Albert Selva-O’Callaghan, Jens Schmidt, Sarah L. Tansley, Ruth Ann Vleugels, Victoria P. Werth, Anthony A. Amato, Helena Andersson, Lilia Andrade-Ortega, Dana Ascherman, Olivier Benveniste, Lorenzo Cavagna, Christina Charles-ShoemanBenjamin F. Chong, Lisa Christopher-Stine, Jennie T. Clarke, Emma J. Crosbie, Philip A. J. Crosbie, Sonye Danoff, Maryam Dastmalchi, Marianne de Visser, Paul F. Dellaripa, Louise Pyndt Diederichsen, Mazen M. Dimachkie, Erik Ensrud, Floranne Ernste, D. Gareth R. Evans, Manabu Fujimoto, Ignacio Garcia-de la Torre, Abraham Garcia-Kutzbach, Zoltan Griger, Latika Gupta, Marie Hudson, Florenzo Iannone, David Isenberg, Joseph Jorizzo, Helen Kurtz, Masataka Kuwana, Vidya Limaye, Ingrid E. Lundberg, Andrew L. Mammen, Herman Mann, Frank Mastaglia, Lorna McWilliams, Christopher A. Mecoli, Federica Meloni, Frederick W. Miller, Siamak Moghadam-Kia, Sergey Moiseev, Yoshinao Muro, Melinda Nagy-Vincze, Clive Nayler, Merrilee Needham, Ichizo Nishino, Chester V. Oddis, Julie J. Paik, Joost Raaphorst, Lisa G. Rider, Jorge Rojas-Serrano, Lesley Ann Saketkoo, Adam Schiffenbauer, Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo, Vineeta Shobha, Yeong-Wook Song, Tania Tillett, Yves Troyanov, Anneke J. van der Kooi, M. nica V. zquez-Del Mercado, Jiri Vencovsky, Qian Wang, Steven Ytterberg, Rohit Aggarwal

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Abstract

Adult-onset idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is associated with an increased cancer risk within the 3 years preceding and following IIM onset. Evidence- and consensus-based recommendations for IIM-associated cancer screening can potentially improve outcomes. This International Guideline for IIM-Associated Cancer Screening provides recommendations addressing IIM-associated cancer risk stratification, cancer screening modalities and screening frequency. The international Expert Group formed a total of 18 recommendations via a modified Delphi approach using a series of online surveys. First, the recommendations enable an individual patient’s IIM-associated cancer risk to be stratified into standard, moderate or high risk according to the IIM subtype, autoantibody status and clinical features. Second, the recommendations outline a ‘basic’ screening panel (including chest radiography and preliminary laboratory tests) and an ‘enhanced’ screening panel (including CT and tumour markers). Third, the recommendations advise on the timing and frequency of screening via basic and enhanced panels, according to risk status. The recommendations also advise consideration of upper or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, nasoendoscopy and 18F-FDG PET–CT scanning in specific patient populations. These recommendations are aimed at facilitating earlier IIM-associated cancer detection, especially in those who are at a high risk, thus potentially improving outcomes, including survival.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)805-817
Number of pages13
JournalNature Reviews Rheumatology
Volume19
Issue number12
Early online date2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2023

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