
|Videos|February 11, 2014
Toxicities Associated With Immunotherapies
Author(s)Harriet Kluger, MD
Harriet Kluger, MD, associate professor of medicine (medical oncology), associate director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the toxicities associated with immunotherapies.
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Harriet Kluger, MD, associate professor of medicine (medical oncology), associate director, Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program, Yale Cancer Center, discusses the toxicities associated with immunotherapies.
- Toxicities associated with immunotherapies are completely different than what oncologists are accustomed to
- Immunotherapies are not necessarily less toxic than chemotherapies
- Pneumonitis and colitis are life-threatening
- Occasionally, toxicities associated with immunotherapies are difficult to recognize







































