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. 2023 Feb 15;6:100193. doi: 10.1016/j.jtauto.2023.100193

Table 1.

Psoriasis induced by immunotherapy of Nivolumab.

number sex age/years old cancer latent period/day (s) subtype of psoriasis new-onset (N) or exacerbated (E) family history treatment the outcome of psoriasis lesion continue(C) or discontinue(D) using nivolumab reported year
1 male 80 melanoma 63 plaque psoriasis N no topical treatment + oral prednisolone improved C 2015 [18]
2 male 65 melanoma 21 plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral etretinate improved C 2016 [19]
3*** male 80 lung cancer 112 plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis N no topical treatment + oral prednisone and MTX improved D 2016 [20]
4 male 87 melanoma 21 plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral prednisolone improved D 2016 [21]
5
male
77
melanoma
77
plaque and nail psoriasis
NI
NI
topical treatment + oral retinoids
improved
D
2017 [22]
6 male 80 melanoma 28 plaque psoriasis NI NI topical treatment + oral prednisolone improved D 2017 [22]
7 male 64 lung cancer NE guttate psoriasis and nail psoriasis N yes topical treatment improved C 2017 [23]
8 male 72 lung cancer NE plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis N yes topical treatment + oral prednisone and MTX improved C 2017 [23]
9 male 67 lung cancer 16 plaque and pustular palmoplantar psoriasis E NI topical treatment improved C 2017 [23]
10 male 59.2 melanoma 31 plaque and palmoplantar psoriasis E NI topical treatment improved C 2017 [23]
11
male
81
lung cancer
16
plaque and guttate psoriasis
E
NI
topical treatment
improved
C
2017 [23]
12 male 58.9 melanoma 29 plaque and guttate psoriasis E NI topical treatment improved C 2017 [23]
13 male 67.5 melanoma 50 plaque and guttate psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral acitretin improved C 2017 [23]
14 male 61.8 lung cancer 28 plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment improved D 2017 [23]
15 female 59.3 lung cancer 36 plaque and palmoplantar psoriasis E NI topical treatment improved C 2017 [23]
16 male 81.5 lung cancer 98 plaque and guttate psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral acitretin improved C 2017 [23]
17 male 65.9 lung cancer 19 plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral acitretin improved D 2017 [23]
18
male
87
melanoma
21
plaque and guttate psoriasis
E
NI
oral general corticosteroid
improved
D
2017 [23]
19** male 65 melanoma 21 plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral acitretin improved C 2017 [23]
20 male 68 lung cancer 28 palmoplantar psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis N no topical treatment + oral prednisone and MTX improved D 2017 [24]
21 male 66 lung cancer 42 plaque psoriasis N no topical treatment + oral prednisolone improved C 2017 [25]
22 male 66 lung cancer NE plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis N NI NI improved C 2017 [25]
23 male 47 lung cancer 154 psoriatic arthritis and nail psoriasis E no topical treatment + inject triamcinolone acetonide, methylprednisolone, and MTX improved C 2017 [26]
24***
male
45
metastatic
renal cell carcinoma
14
plaque psoriasis
N
NI
topical treatment
NI
D
2017 [27]
25** male 89 melanoma 14 plaque psoriasis N NI topical treatment improved C 2017 [28]
26 male 75 lung cancer 84 plaque psoriasis N no topical treatment improved C 2018 [29]
27 male 53 lymphoma 84 plaque psoriasis N NI topical treatment improved D 2018 [30]
28*** female 65 melanoma 154 plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment improved D 2018 [31]
29 male 60 lung cancer 7 plaque psoriasis N no topical treatment + oral steroids improved NI 2018 [32]
30 male 58 tongue carcinoma 28 inverse psoriasis N no topical treatment + oral acitretin + phototherapy improved D 2018 [33]
31 female 74 lung cancer 180 plaque psoriasis E NI oral apremilast improved NI 2019 [34]
32* male 62 hepatoma NE plaque psoriasis NI NI oral etoposide improved D 2019 [35]
33
male
64
lung cancer
21
plaque and scalp psoriasis
N
no
topical treatment
clear
D
2019 [36]
34 female 51 lung cancer 35 plaque psoriasis N no topical treatment improved C 2020 [37]
35*** male 54 laryngeal carcinoma 11 plaque and nail psoriasis E NI oral acitretin + phototherapy improved D 2020 [38]
36 male 59 melanoma NI palmoplantar and nail psoriasis N no topical treatment improved D 2020 [39]
37 female 71 lung cancer NI plaque psoriasis E NI topical treatment + oral acitretin + phototherapy improved D 2020 [40]
38 male 66 metastatic
renal cell carcinoma
210 palmoplantar psoriasis N no oral retinoids and apremilast improved C 2021 [41]
39 female 61 melanoma 14 plaque psoriasis N no oral risankizumab-rzaa clear D 2021 [42]
40
male
50
melanoma
150
plaque psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis
N
no
oral apremilast
improved
C
2021 [43]
41 male 70 laryngeal carcinoma 14 plaque psoriasis E NI oral apremilast improved C 2021 [43]
42** male 60 lung cancer 7 plaque psoriasis E NI oral apremilast improved C 2021 [43]
43** male 62 melanoma 90 plaque psoriasis E NI oral apremilast improved C 2021 [44]
44[this case] male 56 gastric adenocarcinoma 3 plaque, scalp, palmoplantar, inverse, and nail psoriasis E no topical treatment + oral compound Glycymhizin tablets improved C 2021

NI: no information NE: not exactly.

No.32* This is an HIV(+) patient. No19,25,42,43**These four patients died of progression of cancer.

No.3,24,28,35***These four patients discontinued Nivolumab for a few weeks, then restarted it after treatment without exacerbation.