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ArticleOncoTargets and therapy2025

Redefining Therapeutic Boundaries: PD-1 Blockade Facilitates Surgical Cure in EGFR-TKI Refractory EGFR-Mutant NSCLC with Pleural Metastases.

Yong-Liang Niu, Xiao-Bao Teng, Ming-Feng Han, Jie Ma

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Article in OncoTargets and therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Yong-Liang Niu *Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, No. 2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City, Fuyang, Anhui, 236000, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-Bao Teng *Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, No. 2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City, Fuyang, Anhui, 236000, People's Republic of China.
Ming-Feng Han *Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, No. 2 People's Hospital of Fuyang City, Fuyang, Anhui, 236000, People's Republic of China.
Jie MaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Anhui Chest Hospital, Hefei, 230022, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-6684-8432

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Abstract

We present a 57-year-old female diagnosed with stage cT3N1M1a (IVA) EGFR L858R-mutant lung adenocarcinoma (PD-L1 TPS 60%). The patient attained sustained disease control with a partial response lasting 22 months on first-line gefitinib. Following progression with persistent EGFR L858R mutation, second-line platinum-pemetrexed-bevacizumab chemotherapy achieved stable disease (SD) in the primary lesion and shrinkage of pleural nodules. Subsequent neoadjuvant therapy with albumin-bound paclitaxel, carboplatin, bevacizumab, and sintilimab induced marked tumor regression, permitting curative-intent R0 resection. Histopathological analysis confirmed ypT0N0, indicating a pathological complete response (pCR). The patient remained recurrence-free 25 months post-surgery. This case illustrates the potential of immunotherapy-based neoadjuvant regimens to convert unresectable PD-L1-high EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma into operable disease and achieve durable pCR.

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EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinomaimmunotherapy conversionneoadjuvant therapypathological complete responsesintilimab

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PMCPMC12619607

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