VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System

The Nuances of Cost-Related Medication Non-Adherence in Patients Receiving Immunosuppression Compared to Patients with Chronic Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Medication adherence rates across diseases that require immunosuppression, including autoimmune diseases, are low. While cost barriers affect medication adherence, it is unknown whether adherence rates related to cost barriers differ between medically immunosuppressed...

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor–Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have reshaped modern oncology by improving outcomes in multiple cancers. They function by enhancing T-cell–mediated antitumor immunity through the blockade of inhibitory pathways, such as cytotoxic T-lymphocyte–associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), th...