New Immunotherapies in Oncology Treatment and Their Side Effect Profiles

Conclusions: Checkpoint inhibitors are becoming very common and possess autoimmune side effects such as pneumonitis, hypothyroidism, and colitis. These may present at any time the patient is on the medications but are more common several weeks to several months from beginning therapy. Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapies are powerful but have strong side effects such as cytokine release syndrome. Neoantigens are currently in the early stages of clinical trials and may become an exciting avenue for personalized cancer treatment but are not yet typical.
Source: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Clinical Reviews Source Type: research