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. 2021 Apr 22;51(4):473–480. doi: 10.1111/imj.14878

Table 3.

Immune‐related adverse events grouped per incidence

Most common >15% Less common 2–15% Uncommon <1–2%
Mild rash Rash (combo IO) Severe skin toxicity
Mild diarrhoea Colitis Hypophysitis (single agent nivolumab)
Thyroid dysfunction requiring hormone replacement Mild–moderate hepatitis Severe hepatitis
Pneumonitis Insulin dependent diabetes
Hypophysitis (combo IO) Colonic perforation
Mild or moderate arthralgias Severe or life‐threatening dyspnoea
Mild or moderate renal toxicity Neurological AE
Other rheumatologic AE (vasculitis, polymyositis, myositis, temporal arteritis)
Severe or life‐threatening renal dysfunction
Cardiac toxicity
Occular toxicity
Haematological toxicity

Adapted from European Society Medical Oncology Clinical Practice Guidelines. 34

AE, adverse events; combo, combination therapy; IO, immuno‐oncology.