Case Report: Cetuximab use in advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma resistant to chemotherapy.


Journal

F1000Research
ISSN: 2046-1402
Titre abrégé: F1000Res
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101594320

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
accepted: 06 06 2019
entrez: 13 2 2020
pubmed: 13 2 2020
medline: 4 6 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

We present the case of a 60-year-old man with unresectable cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) of the sternal area, which was not amenable to radiation therapy. The treatment history of this patient is remarkable as the disease had progressed through all lines of conventional therapy established in the literature. We decided to initiate treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor cetuximab and we reassessed the patient after 12 weeks with a whole-body CT scan, documenting stability in the size and radiologic features of the disease. Cetuximab, like all current treatments for advanced cSCC, is administered off-label and proved effective in preventing further progression of disease in our patient.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32047600
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.19149.2
pmc: PMC6993817
doi:

Substances chimiques

Antineoplastic Agents, Immunological 0
Cetuximab PQX0D8J21J

Types de publication

Case Reports Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

933

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2019 Sernicola A et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

No competing interests were disclosed.

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Auteurs

Alvise Sernicola (A)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Salvatore Lampitelli (S)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Federica Marraffa (F)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Patrizia Maddalena (P)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Sara Grassi (S)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Antonio Giovanni Richetta (AG)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

Stefano Calvieri (S)

Unit of Dermatology, Sapienza University of Rome, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy.

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