Immunotherapy for melanoma is not without risks. The severity of the side effects depends on whether you’re being treated with one medicine or a combination of two medicines, says Dr. Anna Pavlick, an oncologist at NYU Langone Health.
You have about a 10 to 15 percent chance of developing side effects such as severe rash or severe diarrhea from a single agent immunotherapy drug. If you have metastatic disease, you may be offered two medicines, which increases the risk of developing side effects to about 50 percent.
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