Pembrolizumab treatment of metastatic urothelial cancer without exacerbating myasthenia gravis

Pembrolizumab is an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) that targets the programmed cell death (PD)-1 receptor. It significantly increases the overall survival in patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer. However, its administration may induce serious immune-related adverse effec...

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Main Authors: Akiko Ishii, Minato Yokoyama, Hiroshi Tsuji, Yasuhisa Fujii, Akira Tamaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-06-01
Series:eNeurologicalSci
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650220300150