Systemic inflammation in a melanoma patient treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors—an autopsy study

BackgroundImmune checkpoint inhibitors targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 (CTLA-4) and programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) have been recently approved for treatment of patients with metastatic melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Despite important clinical benefi…