Side effects of these drugs can include fatigue cough nausea itching skin rash loss of appetite constipation joint pain and diarrhea.
Immunotherapy lung cancer side effects.
Investigating cancer immunotherapy side effects researchers aim to better understand manage the side effects of these new drugs.
Bowel trouble is another common side effect of immunotherapy.
Some side effects are common with all types of immunotherapy.
Both occur in only about 1 percent of patients.
Some people have diarrhea while others get constipated.
Some people might have an infusion reaction while getting these drugs.
The most common serious side effects of immunotherapy are colitis and pneumonitis inflammation of the colon and lungs respectively carbone says.
A study of patients who received a form of immunotherapy for non small cell lung cancer nsclc found that patients may get more than one immune related side effect but that the presence of.
Immunotherapy drugs can cause side effects.
Other more serious side effects occur less often.