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Impending infliximab access crisis: a case of steroidârefractory, relapsing immunotherapyâinduced colitis responsive to infliximab.
- Source :
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Internal Medicine Journal . Jun2020, Vol. 50 Issue 6, p767-768. 2p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The article describes the case of a late steroid-refractory immunotherapy-induced colitis relapse in a 65-year-old man without the precipitant of further immunotherapy. Highlights include severe colitis of the entire colon with oedema according to colonoscopy, the challenge of gaining hospital formulary or Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) approval, and PBS approval of combination immunotherapy for melanoma and renal cell carcinoma.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14440903
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Internal Medicine Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 143759098
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14854