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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2022

Cutaneous Breast Cancer Metastasis Is Effectively Treated With Intralesional Interleukin-2 and Imiquimod: A Case Report and Brief Literature Review.

Ashley Drohan, Dejan Vidovic, Penelope Jane Barnes, Carman Anthony Giacomantonio, Lucy Kathryn Helyer

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ashley DrohanDepartment of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Dejan VidovicDepartment of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Penelope Jane BarnesDepartment of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Carman Anthony GiacomantonioDepartment of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Lucy Kathryn HelyerDepartment of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Dalhousie University · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Breast cancer is the most common non-cutaneous cancer affecting women worldwide and is a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality in females. While many women are diagnosed with early-stage disease, a subset of women may present with isolated cutaneous metastases or recurrent locoregional cutaneous metastatic disease. There is a paucity of evidence for effective treatments for cutaneous breast cancer metastases. Herein, we present a case of hormone receptor negative, HER2 positive cutaneous breast cancer metastasis treated with intralesional IL-2 and topical imiquimod, which was well tolerated with only minor low grade side effects. We also present a brief literature review of immunotherapy for cutaneous breast cancer metastasis to frame the discussion around using minimally invasive local therapies for this disease. Together, this limited data suggests that intralesional IL-2 and imiquimod may be considered as a safe option when treating a patient with cutaneous breast cancer metastases.

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cutaneous breast cancercutaneous breast cancer metastasisIL2imiquimodinterleukin-2 (IL-2)intralesionalintralesional immunotherapyintratumoral

Identifiers

PMID35712509
PMCPMC9192334
OpenAlexW4281704010

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