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ReviewFrontiers in medicine2026

Contemporary management of sarcoidosis.

Ngu Wah Khine, Sophie Fletcher

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Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Ngu Wah KhineDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Sophie FletcherDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcoidosis is a heterogeneous multisystem granulomatous disease with a highly variable clinical course ranging from spontaneous resolution to progressive organ dysfunction and life-threatening complications. Treatment decisions are guided by symptom burden, organ involvement, risk of irreversible damage, and overall impact on patient health-related quality of life. Corticosteroids remain the cornerstone of therapy; however, concerns regarding long-term cumulative toxicity and limited effects on disease progression have driven increasing interest in steroid-sparing and targeted therapeutic approaches. Recent clinical trial data evaluating earlier use of methotrexate and evolving steroid-sparing strategies reflect a changing treatment paradigm in selected patients with sarcoidosis.This review provides an updated overview of contemporary sarcoidosis management, integrating current guideline recommendations, recent clinical trial data, steroid-sparing approaches, biologic therapies, antifibrotic treatment, and emerging targeted therapies. In addition, current challenges in disease monitoring, treatment selection, and future directions toward personalized medicine are discussed.

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corticosteroidsemerging therapiesimmunosuppressionmanagementsarcoidosissteroid-sparing therapy

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PMID42591568
PMCPMC13462400

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