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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2023

Intravenous immunoglobulin is safe and effective in controlling pre-existing paraneoplastic neuromuscular diseases in cancer patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: two case reports and literature review.

Ge Xiong, Richard Benjamin Young, Helen Chow, Emanual Maverakis, Ricardo A Maselli, David Paul Richman, Tianhong Li

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Neuromuscular complications associated with cancer immunotherapy.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ge XiongDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Richard Benjamin YoungDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Helen ChowDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Emanual MaverakisDepartment of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Ricardo A MaselliDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
David Paul RichmanDepartment of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
Tianhong LiDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA, United States.
University of California, Davis · US

Funding

Staff InvestigatorsP30CA093373 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI Laura Marcu · 2002 to 2026
$84.9M
BLRD VA I01 BX003895NCI NIH HHS P30 CA093373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune checkpoint inhibitors cause rare but potentially fatal neuromuscular complications, leading to a concern to use these agents in cancer patients with pre-existing autoimmune or inflammatory neuromuscular diseases. We report two such patients with paraneoplastic dermatomyositis and "seronegative" paraneoplastic demyelinating neuropathy, respectively, who have been successfully treated with immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy as well as maintenance intravenous immunoglobulin. While controlling the paraneoplastic or autoimmune neuromuscular diseases, the use of intravenous immunoglobulin did not compromise the anti-cancer effect of immune checkpoint inhibitor.

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immune checkpoint inhibitorintravenous immune globulin (IVIg)paraneoplastic neurologic diseasepre-existingsafety and effectiveness

Identifiers

PMID37465116
PMCPMC10350685
OpenAlexW4382983920

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