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ArticleThe oncologist2025

Complete response following trastuzumab-deruxtecan in a man with HER2-overexpressing metastatic, poorly differentiated scrotal carcinoma.

Mia Hofstad, Jie Zheng, Isamu Tachibana, Tian Zhang

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Article in The oncologist, 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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Mia HofstadSimmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5530-7817
Jie ZhengSimmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States.
Isamu TachibanaDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States.
Tian ZhangSimmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8914-3531

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Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas RR210079
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Abstract

Overexpression of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) has been implicated as a molecular driver of numerous solid tumor subtypes. An antibody drug conjugate (ADC) directed to HER2, trastuzumab-deruxtecan, recently gained tumor-agnostic FDA approval for the treatment of advanced HER2-positive (IHC 3+) solid tumors. Here, we present a patient with HER2-positive invasive poorly differentiated scrotal carcinoma treated with trastuzumab-deruxtecan. The treatment resulted in a complete response, with a tolerable side effect profile and ongoing treatment-free survival. Our case adds to the literature suggesting clinical benefit of the use of trastuzumab-deruxtecan in HER2-positive tumors, and underscores the importance of molecular testing for patients with rare tumor subtypes.

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CamptothecinErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesGenital Neoplasms, MaleImmunoconjugatesScrotumTrastuzumabAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalHumansMaleAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCamptothecinERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesImmunoconjugatesTrastuzumabtrastuzumab deruxtecanantibody-drug conjugatesHER2human epidermal growth factor receptor 2scrotal cancertrastuzumab-deruxtecan

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PMCPMC12739547

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