Abstracts tagged "cancer treatments and medical education"

Abstract Number: 116 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunotherapy-Induced Rheumatic Disease: How Prepared Are Rheumatologists to Address This Emerging Condition?
Laura Cappelli^1,2, Cassandra Calabrese³, Leonard H. Calabrese³ and Clifton O. Bingham III⁴, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ²Medicine/Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ³Rheumatic & Immunologic Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, ⁴Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Background/Purpose: Cancer immunotherapy targeting immune checkpoints represents a major advance in oncology, yet has been associated with immune-related adverse events (IRAEs) affecting many organ systems,…