Combined immune checkpoint blockade (anti-PD-1/anti-CTLA-4): Evaluation and management of adverse drug reactions

Cancer Treatment Reviews - Tập 57 - Trang 36-49 - 2017
Jessica C. Hassel1, Lucie Heinzerling2, Jens Aberle3, Oliver Bähr4, Thomas Eigentler5, Marc‐Oliver Grimm6, Victor Grünwald7, Jan Leipe8, Niels Reinmuth9, Julia K. Tietze10, Jörg Trojan11, Lisa Zimmer12, Ralf Gutzmer13
1Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
2Center for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
3Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany
4Dr. Senckenberg Institute of Neurooncology, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
5Department of Dermatology, Center for Dermatooncology, University Medical Center Tübingen, Germany
6Department for Urology, University Hospital Jena, Germany
7Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Germany
8Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik IV, University of Munich, Germany
9Department of Thoracic Oncology, Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, Germany
10Department of Dermatology and Allergy, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
11Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
12Department of Dermatology, University Hospital University, Essen-Duisburg, Germany
13Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Skin Cancer Center Hannover, Hannover Medical School, Germany

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