Scott Nell has a form of scleroderma, which is a progressive autoimmune ... To fight the progression of the condition, he has to take 270 cancer tablets a week and undergo chemotherapy every ...

BACKGROUND: An association between systemic scleroderma, radiation, and breast cancer has been recognized. However, localized scleroderma in the radiation port of breast cancer patients has been ...

She and her husband are frightened, especially when she is prescribed methotrexate, which they know is a drug used in cancer. She types scleroderma into her computer search engine and discovers ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that primarily causes thickening of your skin. For some people, bladder or urinary problems may also develop. Some treatments for scleroderma may also cause ...

Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues. (This is called an autoimmune disease.) As a result, connective tissue of the skin, lungs, ...

Scleroderma affects approximately 300,000 people in the U.S., with about one-third developing systemic disease, which can affect major organs such as the lungs, kidneys or heart.