Hormone therapy could lower risk of immunotherapy-associated myocarditis in women

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A new preclinical study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and the University of California San Francisco has discovered the underlying cause of gender differences in treatment-associated myocarditis after immune checkpoint inhibitor treatment. Their findings point to possible treatment strategies for this side effect, which disproportionately affects female patients.

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