Immunotherapy toxicities
•Immunotherapies work to activate the immune system against cancer •Toxicities occur because the immune system attacks Zself [ •Results in inflammation and dysfunction •Hence tend to exclude patients with pre-exisiting autoimmune conditions where there is already a condition present that attacks self
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