Onkologie. 2022:16(1):10-15 | DOI: 10.36290/xon.2022.002

Adverse effects of combination immunotherapy in renal cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma

Jindřich Kopecký, Ondřej Kubeček, Aneta Kyllarová, Peter Priester
Klinika onkologie a radioterapie, LF a FN Hradec Králové

Over the last decade, immunotherapy has been implemented into therapeutic algorithms of various solid tumors including melanoma, renal cancer (RCC) and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors can be administered as both monotherapy or in combination with another checkpoint inhibitor. However, the risk of immune-related adverse events (irAE) becomes relevant in combined immunotherapy. The growing number of tumors being treated with immunotherapy rises a question whether there are differences across various tumors in terms of irAR incidence and severity. The aim of this article is to address these issues.

Keywords: immunotherapy, malignant melanoma, kidney cancer, lung cancer, nivolumab, ipilimumab, side effects.

Published: February 22, 2022  Show citation

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Kopecký J, Kubeček O, Kyllarová A, Priester P. Adverse effects of combination immunotherapy in renal cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma. Onkologie. 2022;16(1):10-15. doi: 10.36290/xon.2022.002.
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