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ReviewEndocrine journal2024

Pembrolizumab with external radiation therapy effectively controlled TMB-high unresectable recurrent parathyroid cancer: a case report with review of literature.

Hiroshi Katoh, Tomoya Mitsuma, Riku Okamoto, Kanako Naito, Takaaki Tokito, Mariko Kikuchi, Takafumi Sangai

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Review in Endocrine journal, 2024. 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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7 authors.

Hiroshi KatohDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2453-6278
Tomoya MitsumaDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
Riku OkamotoDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
Kanako NaitoDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
Takaaki TokitoDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
Mariko KikuchiDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
Takafumi SangaiDepartment of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parathyroid cancer (PC) is extremely resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy (RT), but hormonally functional by producing excessive parathyroid hormone (PTH), causing remarkable hypercalcemia even in biochemical disease recurrence. Accordingly, management of hypercalcemia by calcimimetics and bisphosphonates has been main treatment for unresectable PC. Here, we report a case of unresectable tumor mutational burden (TMB)-high recurrent PC that has been effectively controlled by pembrolizumab (PEM) with RT. A 48-year-old male patient, with previous history of left single parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism, underwent surgeries for recurrent hyperparathyroidism at 47 and 48 years of age, and was pathologically diagnosed with PC. He was referred to our hospital due to persistent hypercalcemia and elevated PTH. The recurrent tumors were identified in the superior mediastinum and radically resected, then the hyperparathyroidism was improved. A FoundationOne

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Antibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalParathyroid NeoplasmsAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalpembrolizumabParathyroid cancerPembrolizumabRadiation therapyTumor mutational burden (TMB)Unresectable

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PMID38987211
PMCPMC11778383

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