Hotel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Immunotherapy. 2020 Apr;12(6):351-354. doi: 10.2217/imt-2020-0077. Epub 2020 Apr 14.
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) has been declared a pandemic by the WHO that claimed the lives of thousands of people within a few months. Cancer patients represent a vulnerable population due to the acquired immunodeficiency associated with anti-cancer therapy. Immune checkpoint inhibitors have largely impacted the prognosis of a multitude of malignancies with significant improvement in survival outcomes and a different, tolerable toxicity profile. In this paper, we assess the safety of ICI administration in cancer patients during the coronavirus pandemic in order to guide the usage of these highly efficacious agents.
世界卫生组织宣布严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 型(SARS-CoV-2)为大流行病毒,在短短几个月内导致数千人死亡。癌症患者由于抗癌治疗引起的获得性免疫缺陷而成为弱势群体。免疫检查点抑制剂极大地影响了多种恶性肿瘤的预后,显著改善了生存结果,并具有不同且可耐受的毒性特征。在本文中,我们评估了在冠状病毒大流行期间癌症患者使用 ICI 的安全性,以指导这些高效药物的使用。