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Steroids may make immunotherapy less effective for lung cancer patients, retrospective study finds

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Corticosteroids, a commonly prescribed medication to alleviate cancer-related symptoms for non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immunotherapy, are the main reason certain immunotherapies may fail in treating the disease, according to research led by researchers at Keck Medicine of USC.

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