Is cancer immunotherapy more effective in men than women?

FROM LANCET ONCOLOGY
Given their findings, the authors said a patient’s sex should be taken into account when weighing the risks and benefits of checkpoint inhibitors given the magnitude of benefit was sex-dependent. They also called for future immunotherapy studies to include more women.
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SOURCE: Conforti F et al. Lancet Oncol. 2018 May 16. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30261-4.