Is oral lichen planus a contraindication for immunotherapy in a patient with recurrent oral SCC?
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Medical Oncology · University of Michigan Medical School
I have personally given Pembrolizumab to a patient with an oral SCC who had underlying lichen planus. The patient had a good response to therapy, but I also treated the patient with a conditioning regimen of steroids during treatment so as not to exacerbate the lichen planus. I gave prednisone 40 mg...