Do you initiate management of new onset diabetes in a patient on immunotherapy or refer immediately to endocrinology given the risk of rapid worsening?
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Do you initiate management of new onset diabetes in a patient on immunotherapy or refer immediately to Endocrinology?
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Medical Oncology · Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center
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New onset hyperglycemia during ICPi therapy warrants careful review of potential risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and close monitoring of symptoms and lab results to distinguish from the rare and typically more threatening checkpoint inhibitor-associated diabetes mellitus (CIADM). Ne...
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