Imaging assessment of toxicity related to immune checkpoint inhibitors.

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serval:BIB_8384233B2788
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Title
Imaging assessment of toxicity related to immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Journal
Frontiers in immunology
Author(s)
Berz A.M., Boughdad S., Vietti-Violi N., Digklia A., Dromain C., Dunet V., Duran R.
ISSN
1664-3224 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1664-3224
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2023
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
14
Pages
1133207
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article ; Review
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
In recent years, a wide range of cancer immunotherapies have been developed and have become increasingly important in cancer treatment across multiple oncologic diseases. In particular, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) offer promising options to improve patient outcomes. However, a major limitation of these treatments consists in the development of immune-related adverse events (irAEs) occurring in potentially any organ system and affecting up to 76% of the patients. The most frequent toxicities involve the skin, gastrointestinal tract, and endocrine system. Although mostly manageable, potentially life-threatening events, particularly due to neuro-, cardiac, and pulmonary toxicity, occur in up to 30% and 55% of the patients treated with ICI-monotherapy or -combination therapy, respectively. Imaging, in particular computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 2-deoxy-2-[ <sup>18</sup> F]fluoro-D-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography ( <sup>18</sup> F-FDG-PET/CT), plays an important role in the detection and characterization of these irAEs. In some patients, irAEs can even be detected on imaging before the onset of clinical symptoms. In this context, it is particularly important to distinguish irAEs from true disease progression and specific immunotherapy related response patterns, such as pseudoprogression. In addition, there are irAEs which might be easily confused with other pathologies such as infection or metastasis. However, many imaging findings, such as in immune-related pneumonitis, are nonspecific. Thus, accurate diagnosis may be delayed underling the importance for adequate imaging features characterization in the appropriate clinical setting in order to provide timely and efficient patient management. <sup>18</sup> F-FDG-PET/CT and radiomics have demonstrated to reliably detect these toxicities and potentially have predictive value for identifying patients at risk of developing irAEs. The purpose of this article is to provide a review of the main immunotherapy-related toxicities and discuss their characteristics on imaging.
Keywords
Humans, Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography/methods, Fluorodeoxyglucose F18, Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, checkpoint inhibition, imaging assessment, immune checkpoint inhibitor, immune-related adverse event, immunotherapy, toxicity
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