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. 2020 Feb;25(2):e396-e397.
doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.2019-0515. Epub 2019 Nov 6.

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Blake Warner  1 , Alan Baer  1   2
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Blake Warner et al. Oncologist. 2020 Feb.

Abstract

This letter to the editor is in response to the letter from Brugu's and colleagues regarding the Warner et al. study of sicca syndrome induced by immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy.

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Some patients with immune checkpoint‐induced sicca experienced objective improvements in saliva flow (4/9) using a graded approach as described in Warner et al. 2. However, even with modest objective improvement in saliva flow, all patients remained CTCAE grade 3 using objective criteria for “dry mouth.”
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