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AUGUST 15, 2019

The Debate Over When to Stop Immunotherapy

By Chase Doyle

Fort Worth, Texas—Although immunotherapy delivers durable responses and survival benefits in patients with previously untreatable tumors, concerns about frequent and often severe immune-related adverse effects (AEs) persist. At the 2019 Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association annual meeting, experts compared the advantages and disadvantages of a planned break from immunotherapy to avoid potential AEs in a patient who had achieved a complete response.

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Presenters Sara Butler,