Affiliation:
1. Saint Petersburg Clinical Hospital
2. A. I. Burnazyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center
3. Saint Petersburg Clinical Hospital; Saint Petersburg State University
Abstract
Immune-related adverse events (irAE) present a unique challenge in modern oncology. In patient treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-1, anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-L1) for solid tumors irAEs rate ranges from 60 to 85 % [1]. irAEs lead to complete treatment discontinuation in approximately 40 % of patients [2]. The most common irAEs are endocrinopathies (up to 10 %), pneumonitis (5 to 10 %), autoimmune hepatitis (up to 20 %), colitis (up to 30 %), and skin toxicity (up to 50 %) [3]. Other forms of adverse events, such as hematologic and cardiovascular toxicities, are very rarely reported. We present a clinical case of two rare adverse events in a patient treated with pembrolizumab for PD-L1‑positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Publisher
Russian Society of Clinical Oncology
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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