The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast27 Jun 2022

#342 Checkpoint Inhibitors: The power, and adverse effects, of immunotherapy (ACP 2022)

With great power comes great immunogenicity. Learn about the ins and outs of immunotherapy–its indications, its power, and its adverse effects–in this episode with Dr. Christian Cable, hematologist/oncologist and medical educator extraordinaire. We learn a riveting history of immunotherapy and about how checkpoint inhibitors work, as well as the best practices for identifying downstream effects of checkpoint inhibitors and their immune system activation (it’s all about the -Itis!).

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Show Segments

Intro
What is Immunotherapy?
A History Lesson
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs)
Immune Related Adverse Events (irAEs)
Endocrine complications of checkpoint inhibitors
Rheumatologic complications of checkpoint inhibitors
Considerations before starting checkpoint inhibitors (and what labs to check)
Diagnosing and Managing irAEs
Common post-irAE questions
New Kids on the Block: CAR-T
Take Home Points

Credits

Written and Produced by: Nora Taranto MD
Hosted by: Molly Heublein MD; Nora Taranto MD; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Guests: Christian Cable MD
Show Notes: Nora Taranto MD
Cover Art: Andrea Perdigão
Infographics: Andrea Perdigão
Reviewer: Emi Okamoto MD, FACP
Production team: Pod Paste

Sponsor: Southern California Permanente Medical Group Learn more or apply at scpmgphysiciancareers.com

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