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Immune checkpoint inhibitor efficacy against glioblastoma may decrease with dexamethasone – Medical Xpress

Among patients with glioblastoma receiving an immune checkpoint inhibitor, those who received the corticosteroid dexamethasone at baseline for cerebral edema had…

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Among patients with glioblastoma receiving an immune checkpoint inhibitor, those who received the corticosteroid dexamethasone at baseline for cerebral edema had significantly worse overall survival, according to results of a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
“Dexamethasone is a potent corticosteroid that is often prescribed to patients with glioblastoma to treat symptoms related to cerebral edema, or swelling in the brain,” said…

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