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ArticleGynecology and minimally invasive therapy

Immunotherapy with Subcutaneous Injection of Immunomodulatory Agent (OK-432) Elicits Durable Response in Locally Advanced or Relapsed Cervical Cancer.

Quenny Michelle Dyan A Alas, Cheng-Tao Lin

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Article in Gynecology and minimally invasive therapy. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Quenny Michelle Dyan A AlasDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Adventist Medical Center, Iligan, Philippines.
Cheng-Tao LinDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TWMindanao Sanitarium and Hospital College · PH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunotherapy (IT) has been studied as a new and alternative treatment option for locally advanced, persistent, recurrent, or relapsed cervical cancer in an effort to extend the life and possibly cure patients with advanced stage disease. Targeted immune checkpoint inhibitors augment anticancer immunity and prolong patient's life span without immune-related adverse events (irAEs). Here, we present a case of a 56-year-old woman, gravida 2 para 0, diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix stage IVB who received IT coupled with subcutaneous injection of immunomodulatory agent (OK-432) during her standard treatment of concurrent chemoradiation therapy (CCRT) and as a maintenance therapy after CCRT due to relapsed cervical cancer. This form of treatment strategy showed good response as reflected by a decrease in tumor biomarker with no notable serious irAEs.

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Cervical cancerimmunomodulatory agentimmunotherapy

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PMID31143629
PMCPMC6515755
OpenAlexW2942990303

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