Abstract

ALMEIDA, Catarina  and  CHEMELA, Raquel. Undervaluation of arthralgies: role of nurses in early immunotoxicity detection. Revista Onconews [online]. 2021, n.42, pp.56-62.  Epub June 15, 2021. ISSN 1646-7868.  https://doi.org/10.31877/on.2021.42.07.

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.

Keywords : Immunotherapy; checkpoint inhibitors; immune-related adverse events; rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases; arthralgias.

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