T cells and auto-immunity Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 1880 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Cancer Immunotherapy in Patients with Preexisting Rheumatologic Disease: The Mayo Clinic Experience
Michael Richter¹, Olga Pinkston², Lisa Kottschade³, Heidi Finnes³, Svetomir N. Markovic⁴ and Uma Thanarajasingam⁵, ¹Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ³Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Department of Medicine and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of advanced malignancies. By blocking T-cell inhibition these drugs result in immune targeting of tumor cells and…

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