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ArticleRespirology case reports2021

Robust response of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma to pembrolizumab and sequential radiotherapy: A case report.

Tae-Hun Kim, Sun Hyo Park, Ilseon Hwang, Jin Hee Lee, Jin Hee Kim, Hae Won Kim, Hyun Jung Kim

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Article in Respirology case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tae-Hun KimDivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6292-9956
Sun Hyo ParkDivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9464-0652
Ilseon HwangDepartment of Pathology, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6122-4417
Jin Hee LeeDepartment of Radiology, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8315-2955
Jin Hee KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8608-9250
Hae Won KimDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6707-3904
Hyun Jung KimDivision of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongsan Hospital Keimyung University School of Medicine Daegu South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1878-1111
Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center · KRKeimyung University · KR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma (PPC) is a rare type of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) with a more aggressive clinical course and a worse outcome than other types of NSCLC. Pembrolizumab, a monoclonal antibody targeting programmed cell death-1 (PD-1), has been approved as the first-line treatment for advanced NSCLC with robust PD-L1 expression in at least 50% of tumour cells, without epidermal growth factor receptor gene (EGFR) mutations or anaplastic lymphoma kinase gene (ALK) rearrangement. Here, we report the case of an 81-year-old man with multiple comorbidities who was diagnosed with PPC and showed a robust response to pembrolizumab followed by radiation therapy without adverse effects. In the absence of randomized clinical trials for PPCs, our case report demonstrates the potential application of pembrolizumab and radiation therapy for the treatment of PPCs.

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PD‐L1pembrolizumabpulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma

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PMID34795901
PMCPMC8580814
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