Effect of Systemic Corticosteroid Therapy on the Efficacy and Safety of Nivolumab in the Treatment of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer

Introduction: Corticosteroids are used to treat immune-related adverse events (irAEs) associated with nivolumab. However, patients with non-small-cell lung cancer who are administered corticosteroids before the initiation of nivolumab treatment are commonly excluded from clinical trials. The appropr...

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Main Authors: Kengo Umehara, Kaori Yama, Keisuke Goto, Azusa Wakamoto, Tae Hatsuyama, Osamu Honjo, Toyohiro Saikai, Akihisa Fujita, Hideki Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-03-01
Series:Cancer Control
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1073274820985790