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      Endocrine toxicity of cancer immunotherapy: clinical challenges

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      Endocrine Connections
      Bioscientifica Ltd
      checkpoint inhibitor, cancer, thyroiditis, hypophysitis, diabetes

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          Immune checkpoint inhibitors are now widely used in the treatment of multiple cancers. The major toxicities of these treatments are termed immune-related adverse events and endocrine dysfunction is common. Thyroid disease, hypopituitarism and a form of diabetes resembling type 1 diabetes are now all well described, with different patterns emerging with different checkpoint inhibitors. We review the presentation and management of the common endocrine immune-related adverse events, and discuss a number of recent advances in the understanding of these important, potentially life threatening toxicities. We also discuss some remaining dilemmas in management.

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            Previously reported results from the phase 3 CheckMate 067 trial showed a significant improvement in objective responses, progression-free survival, and overall survival with nivolumab plus ipilimumab or nivolumab alone compared with ipilimumab alone in patients with advanced melanoma. The aim of this report is to provide 4-year updated efficacy and safety data from this study.
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              Cancer immunotherapy: the beginning of the end of cancer?

              These are exciting times for cancer immunotherapy. After many years of disappointing results, the tide has finally changed and immunotherapy has become a clinically validated treatment for many cancers. Immunotherapeutic strategies include cancer vaccines, oncolytic viruses, adoptive transfer of ex vivo activated T and natural killer cells, and administration of antibodies or recombinant proteins that either costimulate cells or block the so-called immune checkpoint pathways. The recent success of several immunotherapeutic regimes, such as monoclonal antibody blocking of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1), has boosted the development of this treatment modality, with the consequence that new therapeutic targets and schemes which combine various immunological agents are now being described at a breathtaking pace. In this review, we outline some of the main strategies in cancer immunotherapy (cancer vaccines, adoptive cellular immunotherapy, immune checkpoint blockade, and oncolytic viruses) and discuss the progress in the synergistic design of immune-targeting combination therapies.

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                Journal
                Endocr Connect
                Endocr Connect
                EC
                Endocrine Connections
                Bioscientifica Ltd (Bristol )
                2049-3614
                March 2021
                04 February 2021
                : 10
                : 3
                : R116-R124
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Endocrinology , Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
                Author notes
                Correspondence should be addressed to D L Morganstein: d.morganstein@ 123456imperial.ac.uk
                Article
                EC-20-0489
                10.1530/EC-20-0489
                8052567
                33544091
                8a11ac50-c316-45d2-9d24-5dc6740127d8
                © 2021 The authors

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 17 January 2021
                : 04 February 2021
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                checkpoint inhibitor,cancer,thyroiditis,hypophysitis,diabetes

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