Side Effects of Cancer Immunotherapies: Dermatologic and Rheumatologic Toxicities.

Abstract

Dermatologic and rheumatologic toxicities are frequent adverse events during treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in oncology. Timely identification of these events and the referral to the oncologist or dermatologist are important in daily practice, such an organ damage involvements can be severe and sometimes life-threatening. The diagnosis and management of cutaneous toxicities, such as maculopapular rash and bullous dermatitis in particular, must be based on the body surface affected by skin lesions. Corticosteroids are basic treatment in moderate to severe cases. Rheumatologic toxicities are rarer and more heterogeneous, and they are often underestimated. They can occur in the absence of autoantibodies, and myositis can be life-threatening.