Revisiting the link between oropharyngeal dysphagia and cancer in autoimmune myositis: a descriptive study
Recognizing scleromyositis, anti-MDA-5 and ASyS as distinct from pure DM improves risk stratification for cancer screening. In patients ≥ 50 years with pure DM, severe oropharyngeal dysphagia is strongly associated with cancer, suggesting a paraneoplastic myopathy with an ineffective anticancer immune response.
Authors
- B. Hervier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1388-1121)
- Jason Karamchandani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-5616)
- Oliver Blanchard
- Valérie Leclair (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8643-6697)
- Victoria Ivensky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4408-4387)
- Marianne Landry
- Farah Zarka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4374-546X)
- Minoru Satoh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8769-5105)
- Jean‐Paul Makhzoum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4523-8525)
- Sabrina Hoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-5729)
- Alain Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0893-6041)
- Alexandra Mereniuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4090-7833)
- Benjamin Ellezam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8716-7924)
- Maude Bouchard-Marmen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7246-9428)
- Julie Drouin
- Jean‐Luc Senécal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2297-3765)
- Marianne Lévesque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5886-5240)
- Rami Massie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8219-1020)
- Hao Cheng Shen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2452-3511)
- F Lefèbvre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-046X)
- Josiane Bourré‐Tessier
- Maria Infantino
- Michelle Aaron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4908-3156)
- Rosalie‐Sélène Meunier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1383-6957)
- Jessica Nehme
- Martial Koenig
- Gemma Pérez
- Hugues Allard‐Chamard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7850-2658)
- Margherita Giannini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-5804)
- Laurence Poirier-Blanchette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4423-4365)
- Sandra Chartrand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5900-1292)
- Océane Landon‐Cardinal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3361-6165)
- Yves Troyanov
- Jean-Richard Goulet
- Marie Hudson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-2468)
- Anne-Marie Mansour
- Zoë Betteridge
- Jean‐Pierre Raynauld
- Éric Rich
- M J Fritzler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8955-8819)
- Ira N. Targoff
- Erin O’Ferrall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2902-9697)
Institutions
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (CA)
- Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan (JP)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Jewish General Hospital (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Montreal Chinese Hospital (CA)
- Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (CA)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Nuovo Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio (IT)
- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec (CA)
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CA)
- Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal (CA)
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Hôpital Saint-Louis (FR)
- Kitakyushu City Hospital Organization (JP)
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg (FR)
- Université Laval (CA)
- University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (US)
- McGill University (CA)
- University of Bath (GB)
- Université de Strasbourg (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Arthritis Research & Therapy
- Published
- 2025-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-025-03662-0
- Primary Topic
- Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé