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ArticleOncology letters2018

Lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma with brain metastasis during long-term cetuximab treatment: A case report.

Tomofumi Naruse, Mitsuko Tokuhisa, Souichi Yanamoto, Yuki Sakamoto, Kohei Okuyama, Hiroki Tsuchihashi, Masahiro Umeda

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Article in Oncology letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tomofumi NaruseDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Mitsuko TokuhisaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Souichi YanamotoDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Yuki SakamotoDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Kohei OkuyamaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Hiroki TsuchihashiDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Masahiro UmedaDepartment of Clinical Oral Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
Nagasaki University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Long-term cetuximab treatment can lead to acquired resistance, and tumor progression and/or new lesions often occur. The present report describes a case of lower gingival squamous cell carcinoma with brain metastasis during long-term cetuximab treatment in a 60-year-old man, including findings of an immunohistochemical study. The resected primary tumors, biopsy of the lung metastasis before administration of cetuximab, and brain metastasis specimens mediated by cetuximab were immunohistochemically examined. Histologically, the metastatic brain lesion showed hyperkeratinizing tumor cells with deeply stained irregular nuclei with necrotizing tumor cells, and a decrease in cell density was exhibited in part of the tumor nest. Moreover, the brain lesion was less malignant compared with the primary tumor and metastatic lung lesions. Immunohistochemically, the metastatic brain lesions showed low expression of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and high expression of N-cadherin compared with the primary tumor and metastatic lung lesions. These results suggest that acquired resistance to cetuximab may be associated with low EGFR expression and increased epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition potential.

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brain metastasiscetuximab resistanceepidermal growth factor receptorepithelial-to-mesenchymal transitionoral squamous cell carcinoma

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PMID29725438
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