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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2025

Efficacy of a personalized combination regimen combining induction chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted therapy for locally advanced synchronous multiple primary lung cancer: a case report.

Yang Yao, Zichao Xu, Lijun Wang, Mengqi Sun

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Yang Yao *Department of Radiation Oncology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, 1017 Dongmen North Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, 518020, Guangdong, China.
Zichao Xu *Department of Radiation Oncology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, 1017 Dongmen North Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, 518020, Guangdong, China.
Lijun WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, 1017 Dongmen North Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, 518020, Guangdong, China. wlj12345678@foxmail.com.
Mengqi SunDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Shenzhen People's Hospital, 1017 Dongmen North Road, Luohu District, Shenzhen, 518020, Guangdong, China. sunmengqi1990@126.com.

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Abstract

backgroundMultiple primary lung cancer is becoming increasingly common in clinical practice. It is divided into synchronous multiple primary lung cancer and nonsynchronous multiple primary lung cancer on the basis of a diagnostic interval of 6 months. However, the diagnosis and treatment of multiple primary lung cancer face great challenges in clinical practice. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a 66-year-old Chinese male patient with locally advanced synchronous multifocal lung cancer. In M 0 months (the time of initial diagnosis), the patient underwent two cycles of carboplatin combined with albumin-bound paclitaxel induction chemotherapy before treatment was suspended due to personal reasons. In M + 10 months, he resumed a personalized multimodal treatment regimen: induction chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy, concurrent chemoradiotherapy combined with targeted therapy, and adjuvant immunotherapy combined with targeted maintenance therapy. As of M + 72 months, positron positron emission tomography-computed tomography showed lung metastasis, but his Karnofsky Performance Status score remained at 80, and he achieved progression-free survival of 72 months. He continues to receive chemotherapy, tislelizumab immunotherapy, and recombinant human endothelin (Endostar) targeted therapy. As of M + 75 months, he has survived for 75 months without reaching the overall survival endpoint.

conclusionClinical practice should adopt a multidisciplinary treatment-based approach, integrating clinical information, imaging data, histopathological features, and molecular characteristics to formulate individualized clinical management strategies and treatment plans. Such personalized therapeutic approaches are essential to improving long-term survival rates and quality of life in patients with synchronous multifocal lung cancer.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsImmunotherapyInduction ChemotherapyLung NeoplasmsNeoplasms, Multiple PrimaryAgedCarboplatinChemoradiotherapyCombined Modality TherapyHumansMalePaclitaxelPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyPrecision MedicineTreatment OutcomeCarboplatinPaclitaxelChemotherapyImmunotherapyMultiple primary lung cancerRadiotherapyTargeted therapy

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