Panacea or Pandora's Box? Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Palliative Care (TH314)

Over the past several years, a wave of new cancer immunotherapy agents referred to as immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have transformed the standard of care for patients with cancer. ICIs are most commonly used in advanced cancers with palliative intent and recently as frontline therapy for some cancers. These new agents have been shown to extend overall survival (OS) and progression free survival (PFS) in patients with lung cancer, melanoma, Hodgkin lymphoma, renal cell carcinoma, urothelial carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, head and neck cancer, and more.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Source Type: research