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Incidence rate and risk factors for thyroid dysfunction during recombinant interleukin-2 therapy in advanced malignancies.
Acta endocrinologica - 1 Jul 1993
Vialettes B, Guillerand M A, Viens P, Stoppa A M, Baume D, Sauvan R, Pasquier J, San Marco M, Olive D, Maraninchi D
Abstract excerpt
Immunotherapy using recombinant interleukin 2 (rIL-2) has been shown to induce thyroid dysfunction in some cancer patients. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the incidence and risk factors of this adverse autoimmune response. Triiodothyronine, thyroxine and thyrotropin levels were measured serially in 146 consecutive patients treated with rIL-2 for refractory solid tumor (77 patients) or malign...
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