Cargando…

Immune-Related Adverse Events: Pneumonitis

Checkpoint inhibitors are part of the family of immunotherapies and are increasingly being used in a wide variety of cancers. Immune-related adverse events pose a major challenge in the treatment of cancer patients. Pneumonitis is a rare immune-related adverse event that presents in distinct pattern...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Zhong, Linda, Altan, Mehmet, Shannon, Vickie R., Sheshadri, Ajay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7161534/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32301020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41008-7_13
Descripción
Sumario:Checkpoint inhibitors are part of the family of immunotherapies and are increasingly being used in a wide variety of cancers. Immune-related adverse events pose a major challenge in the treatment of cancer patients. Pneumonitis is a rare immune-related adverse event that presents in distinct patterns. The goal of this chapter is to instruct readers on the incidence and clinical manifestations of pneumonitis and to offer guidance in the evaluation and treatment of patients with pneumonitis.