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Replies to "It seems that the second immunotherapy treatment caused severe diarrhea resulting in hospitalization. The patient was..."
It depends if the diarrhea is what clinical trials grade as 3 or 4 then immunotherapy has to be discontinued. The patient might benefit from a low dose maintenance steroid like prednisone to try to control the diarrhea.