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For patients with advanced cancers

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Efficacy Varies by Sex

Magnitude of benefit of immune checkpoint inhibitors sex-dependent for patients with advanced cancers
Patients receiving immunotherapy with antiprogrammed cell death protein-1 and antiprogrammed cell death ligand-1 monoclonal antibodies may develop uveal effusion

Uveal Effusion Reported After Initiation of Anti-PD-1, -PD-L1

Case series IDs three patients who developed uveal effusion within one to two months of initiating tx
Gemcitabine and cisplatin plus ipilimumab is associated with a 69 percent objective response rate and 61 percent one-year overall survival for patients with metastatic urothelial cancer

Chemo, Immunotherapy Feasible in Metastatic Bladder Cancer

One-year overall survival of 61 percent for gemcitabine and cisplatin plus ipilimumab
Immunotherapy with peptide hydrolysates from Lolium perenne reduces seasonal allergy symptoms and is generally well tolerated

Grass Peptide Immunotherapy Cuts Seasonal Allergy Symptoms

Subcutaneous injections administered over three-week period before grass pollen season
A 250-μg peanut patch produces a significant treatment response in peanut-allergic patients treated for a year

Peanut Patch Found Safe, Effective for Treating Allergies

250-μg patch produces significant treatment response compared with placebo after 12 months
Response to immunosuppressive therapy predicts overall survival in aplastic anemia

Immunosuppressant Response Predicts Aplastic Anemia Survival

Overall survival superior in therapy responders; shorter relapse-free survival with partial response
For patients newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes

Peptide Immunotx Well Tolerated in New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

No decline in C-peptide with peptide immunotherapy; no change in insulin use over 12 months
Allergen immunotherapy may be cost-effective for allergic rhinitis

Cost-Effectiveness of Allergen Immunotherapy Evaluated

AIT may be cost-effective for allergic rhinitis and in high-risk groups for venom allergy
Galectin-1 (Gal-1)

Immunotherapy Efficacy Up With Gal-1/SIT Co-Administration

Suppressed allergic responses in mouse intestine with Gal-1, allergen-specific immunotherapy
A new type of immunotherapy appears to provide long-lasting protection against multiple myeloma

ASCO: CAR T-Cell Therapy Promising in Multiple Myeloma

Findings from trial of chimeric antigen receptor T cells targeting B-cell maturation protein