1. [Toxicities of immune checkpoint inhibitors and their management].
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Kostine M, Marabelle A, Schaeverbeke T, and Kfoury M
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- Humans, Immunologic Factors therapeutic use, Neoplasms immunology, Neoplasms pathology, Patient Care Team organization & administration, Protein Kinase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Antibodies, Monoclonal therapeutic use, Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological therapeutic use, Cell Cycle Checkpoints drug effects, Cell Cycle Checkpoints immunology, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions therapy, Immunotherapy adverse effects, Neoplasms therapy
- Abstract
Immunotherapeutic strategies, notably immune checkpoint inhibitors, have become a standard of care for the treatment of advanced cancers, with a growing spectrum of activity. These monoclonal antibodies target the co-inhibitory signals between tumor cells or antigen-presenting cells and T cells, thereby enhancing antitumour T cell activity. However, the occurrence of immune-related adverse events, that can affect all organ-system, represents a major limiting factor to the clinical development of these antibodies. Management of such toxicity requires a close collaboration between oncologists and organ-specialists, by using glucocorticoids and/or other immunosuppressive therapies, with the common objective not alter anti-tumor response., (© 2019 médecine/sciences – Inserm.)
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- 2019
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