CORRECTION article
Front. Pharmacol.
Sec. Drugs Outcomes Research and Policies
Correction: Fatal adverse events associated with PD-L1 inhibitors: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Provisionally accepted
- 1Department of Oncology, The 900th Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army Joint Service Support Force, Fuzong Clinical Medical College of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
- 2Department of Clinical Medicine, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Keywords: Fatal adverse events, Incidence, Interstitial Lung Disease, Meta-analysis, PD-L1 inhibitors
Received: 06 Jan 2026; Accepted: 05 Feb 2026.
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* Correspondence: Xiong Chen
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