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Would you offer adjuvant immunotherapy for a melanoma patient with lymphocytic colitis?

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Medical Oncology · University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill
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If the patient has active/symptomatic lymphocytic colitis and/or is undergoing therapy for lymphocytic colitis, I would not offer adjuvant checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy as the risk/benefit ratio is likely to be too high. As the underlying pathogenesis of lymphocytic colitis is not entirely clea...

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