Endocrine-related adverse events associated with immune-checkpoint inhibitors in patients with melanoma.
Eva KassiAnna AngelousiNikolaos AsonitisPanagiotis T DiamantopoulosAmalia AnastasopoulouGeorgios PapaxoinisMichalis KokkinosIlias GiovanopoulosGeorgios KyriakakisFotini PetychakiAkrivi SavelliOlga BenopoulouHelen GogasPublished in: Cancer medicine (2019)
Our cohort demonstrated an increased incidence of hypophysitis with anti-PD1/anti-PDL1 in contrast to the rarity of primary thyroid dysfunction with anti-CTLA4 treatment. These results could be attributed to genetic/ethnic differences. Sequential treatment is, for the first time to our knowledge, reported to increase the risk of developing hypophysitis to a level as high as that of combination therapy.