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Undervaluation of arthralgies: role of nurses in early immunotoxicity detection
| Summary: | The use of immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However, these medications are associated with significant and potentially debilitating immune-related adverse events or even life threathing. While the majority of toxicities have been well studied, rheumatic complications have been less widely recognized and characterized. We describe a case study in which both performance status and quality of life of a patient where affected by rheumatological toxicity as wells the nurses’ role in the early recognition and toxicity’ management in order to enhance the patient’ quality of life. |
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| Main Authors: | Almeida, Catarina |
| Other Authors: | Chemela, Raquel |
| Subject: | Imunoterapia reações adversas Immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors immune-related adverse events rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases arthralgias |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | unknown |
| Associated institution: | Associação de Enfermagem Oncológica Portuguesa |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Onco.News |
| Summary: | The use of immune checkpoint inhibition (ICI) has revolutionized cancer treatment. However, these medications are associated with significant and potentially debilitating immune-related adverse events or even life threathing. While the majority of toxicities have been well studied, rheumatic complications have been less widely recognized and characterized. We describe a case study in which both performance status and quality of life of a patient where affected by rheumatological toxicity as wells the nurses’ role in the early recognition and toxicity’ management in order to enhance the patient’ quality of life. |
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