“…Factors associated with malignancies in patients with IIM have included cutaneous necrosis, low serum CK concentration, increased ESR, decreased serum albumin concentration, poikiloderma, dysphagia, older age, male sex, absence of arthralgia, and absence of ILD 10,11,12,18,19,20 . Most of the factors we found associated with malignancy in patients with IIM had been identified previously.…”