Neurology

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Multi-specialty Spotlight

Questions discussed in this category

Would you give checkpoint inhibitor therapy to a cancer patient with known dermatomyositis given the association of checkpoint inhibitor associated myocarditis, myasthenia gravis, and myositis?

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Is IL-6 inhibition an option in patients who are going to be rechallenged with checkpoint inhibitors after previously developing ICI-mediated temporal arteritis?

Would the checkpoint inhibitor still work if blocking only that portion of the inflammatory cascade as opposed to more global blockade with steroids?

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What is your preferred steroid sparing therapy in a patient experiencing a severe checkpoint inhibitor toxicity and not responding to high dose IV steroids?

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Papers discussed in this category

Eur J Cancer, 2021 Sep 15

Interleukin-6 blockade for prophylaxis and management of immune-related adverse events in cancer immunotherapy.

Thorac Cancer, 2020 Feb 11

The role of IL-6 in immunotherapy of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with immune-related adverse events (irAEs).

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