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Significant Risk of Graft-versus-Host Disease with Exposure to Checkpoint Inhibitors before and after Allogeneic Transplantation
6 Sept 2018
Abstract excerpt
Investigators are using checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs) to treat aggressive hematologic malignancies in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) and in some patients with relapsed disease after allo-HSCT. CTLA-4 inhibitors and PD-1 inhibitors are 2 main types of CPIs, which work through activation of the immune system. On one hand, CPIs can achieve graft-versus-tumor effect,...
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