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How do you approach the management of SSc-ILD in a patient on immune checkpoint therapy?
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Rheumatology · Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
If the oncologist thinks immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy is the best treatment for the patient's cancer, we try to facilitate this. We obtain baseline pulmonary function tests and CT scans. Repeat every three months while on therapy. Usually, these patients have pulmonary involved also, in parti...