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Toxicities and outcomes: Do steroids matter?
Author(s) -
Johnson Douglas B.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.31627
Subject(s) - medicine , immunotherapy , immune system , intensive care medicine , oncology , bioinformatics , immunology , biology
Immunotherapy outcomes appear to be improved in patients who have toxicities, although it is not clear whether steroids modulate the antitumor response in these patients. The links between steroid administration and doses and the toxicities from immune therapy as well as patient outcomes are discussed.