Nephrotoxicity of checkpoint inhibitors; a current challenge [PDF]
Immune checkpoint inhibitors work by blocking the "checkpoint" mechanism that tumors use to hide from the immune system, therefore also weakening the immune system.
Samaneh Zandifar +4 more
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in HBV-Caused Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is the main risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, with high incidence and mortality worldwide.
Jin Zhang +5 more
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Oncologic Emergencies: Immune-Based Cancer Therapies and Complications [PDF]
Cancer therapies have undergone several recent advancements. Current cancer treatments include immune-based therapies comprised of checkpoint inhibitors, and adoptive immunotherapy; each treatment has the potential for complications that differ from ...
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Kidney Toxicity: Advances in Diagnosis and Management
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are now approved for more than 50 indications, and increasing numbers of patients with advanced cancer are receiving immunotherapy.
Harish Seethapathy +2 more
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FOXD3 Regulates VISTA Expression in Melanoma. [PDF]
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have improved patient survival in melanoma, but the innate resistance of many patients necessitates the investigation of alternative immune targets.
Aplin, Andrew E. +13 more
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Cardiotoxicity of immune checkpoint inhibitors [PDF]
Cardiac toxicity after conventional antineoplastic drugs (eg, anthracyclines) has historically been a relevant issue. In addition, targeted therapies and biological molecules can also induce cardiotoxicity.
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Rapid recovery of postnivolumab vemurafenib-induced Drug Rash with Eosinophilia and Systemic Symptoms (DRESS) syndrome after tocilizumab and infliximab administration [PDF]
Background Immune checkpoint inhibitors such as nivolumab and targeted BRAF inhibitors have dramatically altered the treatment outcomes of metastatic melanoma over the past few years. Skin toxicity is the most common adverse event (AE) related to the
Maestro, Alessandra +3 more
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Immunologic risk factors contribute to endothelial dysfunction and development of pulmonary vascular disease. Immune checkpoint inhibitors, used as immunotherapies for malignancies, have a wide range of reported immune-related adverse events.
Ruben Mylvaganam +6 more
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Epi-drugs in combination with immunotherapy: a new avenue to improve anticancer efficacy [PDF]
Immune checkpoint factors, such as programmed cell death protein-1/2 (PD-1, PD-2) or cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) receptors, are targets for monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) developed for cancer immunotherapy.
Mai, Antonello +3 more
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Operative management of immune checkpoint colitis following in-transit melanoma: Case report
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are increasingly used as powerful anti-neoplastic therapies in the setting of melanoma. Colitis is a known complication of immune checkpoint inhibitors that if often medically managed.
Betzaira G. Childers +5 more
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