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ReviewMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Tolerated Re-Challenge of Immunotherapy in a Patient with ICI Associated Myocarditis: A Case Report and Literature Review.

Walid Shalata, Zoé Gabrielle Attal, Rajeh Shhadi, Amjad Abu Salman, Ashraf Abu Jama, Sondos Shalata, Kais Halumi, Alexander Yakobson

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Review in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Walid ShalataThe Legacy Heritage Cancer Center & Larry Norton Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-7570-4550
Zoé Gabrielle AttalMedical School for International Health, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.ORCID 0009-0006-9382-611X
Rajeh ShhadiFaculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Amjad Abu SalmanCardiology Division, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Ashraf Abu JamaThe Legacy Heritage Cancer Center & Larry Norton Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Sondos ShalataNutrition Unit, Galilee Medical Center, Nahariya 22000, Israel.
Kais HalumiThe Legacy Heritage Cancer Center & Larry Norton Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.
Alexander YakobsonThe Legacy Heritage Cancer Center & Larry Norton Institute, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many different types of cancer can be treated with immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). These drugs have altered the landscape of cancer treatment options since they function by triggering a stronger immune response to malignancy. As expected, ICIs' modification of immune regulatory controls leads to a wide range of organ/gland-specific immune-related side effects. These adverse effects are uncommonly deadly and typically improve by discontinuing treatment or administering corticosteroid drugs. As a result of a number of factors-including a lack of specificity in the clinical presentation, the possibility of overlap with other cardiovascular and general medical illnesses, difficulties in diagnosis, and a general lack of awareness-the true incidence of ICI-associated myocarditis is likely underestimated. Currently, protocols for the surveillance, diagnosis, or treatment of this condition are unclear. Several questions remain unanswered, such as how to best screen for this rare toxin, what tests should be run on patients who are suspected of having it, how to treat myocarditis once it has developed, and who is at most risk. In this article, we provide a case study of ICI-associated myocarditis and explain its key characteristics and treatment options.

Indexed as

ImmunotherapyMyocarditisHumansNeoplasmscardiac toxicitycytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4)immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs)immune-related adverse events (IRAE)inhibitorsmyocarditisprogrammed cell death protein 1 (PD-1)programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)

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PMID38003995
PMCPMC10673034

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