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ea0099ep720 | Adrenal and Cardiovascular Endocrinology | ECE2024

Emerging endocrine complications in cancer immunotherapy

Paula Ristea Ruxandra , Puscas Teodora , Zaharia Claudiu , Tutovan Serghei , Stanciu Mihaela

Introduction: Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionised cancer treatment, offering superior efficacy compared to traditional chemotherapy. The use of immune checkpoint inhibitors has been associated with the occurrence of multiple endocrine immune-related adverse events (irAEs), such as primary hypothyroidism, thyroiditis, primary adrenal insufficiency, type 1 diabetes mellitus, and hypophysitis. In certain instances, these irAEs may necessitate the discontinuati...