1. Zimberelimab combined with systemic therapy extended tumor control in post-radiotherapy cervical cancer with brain metastases: A case report.
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Ni BQ, Pan MM, He LX, and Li T
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- Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized therapeutic use, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms drug therapy, Brain Neoplasms drug therapy, Brain Neoplasms radiotherapy
- Abstract
Out of the total cases of cervical cancer, brain metastases (BMs) are relatively rare, with an estimated incidence rate of 0.63% (range: 0.1%-2.2%). Additionally, BMs prognosis remains poor, and the average patient survival time following a BM diagnosis is 3 to 5 months. Few studies have addressed the effect of programmed cell death-1 inhibitors against BMs in cervical cancer, although they are an established option for recurrent/metastatic disease. Hence, we report a case involving a 54-year-old post-surgery patient with cervical cancer with a body mass index of 19.5 kg/m
2 and Eastern Collaborative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 3; the disease recurred with BMs 1 year later. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy concurrent with temozolomide and bevacizumab was initiated, following which zimberelimab immunotherapy combined with anlotinib was administered to extend tumor control. The patient had a progression-free survival duration of 10 months, the tumor response was assessed as a partial response based on the evaluation criteria for solid tumors (RECIST1.1), and the ECOG status improved to 1 after therapy. These findings suggest that immunotherapy-based combination therapy following radiotherapy may be a good choice for patients with cervical cancer and BMs., (© 2024 Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.)- Published
- 2024
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