Abstracts tagged "arthritis management and cancer treatments"

Abstract Number: 2902 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Inflammatory Arthritis Due to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Persistent Problem Requiring Immunosuppression
Laura Cappelli¹, Clifton O. Bingham III² and Ami A. Shah³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have emerged as an important treatment for advanced malignancies. ICIs are a form of immunotherapy which block negative co-stimulation of…