Abscopal effect of radiation on multiple lung metastases of lung adenocarcinoma: a case report

Autor: Aoi Kuroda, Takaya Tabuchi, Eri Iwami, Kotaro Sasahara, Tatsu Matsuzaki, Takahiro Nakajima, Yuki Tsutsumi, Keisuke Eguchi, Takeshi Terashima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: BMC Cancer, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1471-2407
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-019-5566-8
Popis: Abstract Background Abscopal effect is the out-of-field response to localized irradiation therapy that results in systemic antitumorigenic effects such as the regression of a tumor distant from the target site. Case presentation A 76-year-old woman was diagnosed with pulmonary adenocarcinoma (cT1bN0M0 stage IA), and right upper lobectomy was performed in November 2015. The pathological stage was pT1bN2M0 stage IIIA. Genomic analysis revealed an EGFR mutation. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed a programmed death-ligand 1 tumor proportion score of
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