Abstract
This article reviews the theoretical and clinical relationships among autoimmune, musculoskeletal, connective tissue syndromes, and various malignancies. The most common tumors encountered in clinical practice, and the syndromes with which patients present, are approached in terms of their direct or indirect relationship to the malignancies.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Autoantibodies / analysis
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Autoimmune Diseases / complications*
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Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
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Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
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Connective Tissue Diseases / complications
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Connective Tissue Diseases / immunology
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Connective Tissue Diseases / pathology
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Muscular Diseases / complications
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Muscular Diseases / immunology
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Muscular Diseases / pathology
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Neoplasms / complications*
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Neoplasms / immunology
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Neoplasms / pathology
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Rheumatic Diseases / complications
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Rheumatic Diseases / immunology
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Rheumatic Diseases / pathology