Durable complete response to immunotherapy with anti‐PD‐1 antibody nivolumab in a patient with oral squamous cell carcinoma presenting with lung metastasis: A case report

Katsuhisa Sekido; Shuichi Imaue; Kei Tomihara; Hidetake Tachinami; Kentaro Yamagishi; Seisuke Okazawa; Atsushi Ikeda; Kumiko Fujiwara; Makoto Noguchi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4545

Clinical Case Reports (Sep 2021)

Durable complete response to immunotherapy with anti‐PD‐1 antibody nivolumab in a patient with oral squamous cell carcinoma presenting with lung metastasis: A case report

Katsuhisa Sekido,
Shuichi Imaue,
Kei Tomihara,
Hidetake Tachinami,
Kentaro Yamagishi,
Seisuke Okazawa,
Atsushi Ikeda,
Kumiko Fujiwara,
Makoto Noguchi

Affiliations

Katsuhisa Sekido: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Shuichi Imaue: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Kei Tomihara: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Hidetake Tachinami: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Kentaro Yamagishi: Department of Radiology Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Seisuke Okazawa: First Department of Internal Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Atsushi Ikeda: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Kumiko Fujiwara: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan
Makoto Noguchi: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Faculty of Medicine University of Toyama Toyama City Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4545
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Although the optimal treatment method for metastatic oral cancer remains largely unknown, the present case suggests that immunotherapy is a potentially promising alternative for metastatic oral cancer in which other therapies are no longer effective.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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