[HTML][HTML] Complete pathologic response of metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma and allograft rejection after treatment with combination immune checkpoint …

DM Miller, BE Faulkner-Jones, JR Stone, RE Drews - JAAD case reports, 2017 - Elsevier
DM Miller, BE Faulkner-Jones, JR Stone, RE Drews
JAAD case reports, 2017Elsevier
Roughly 1.1 million cases of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) occur annually.
Although most cases can be cured with local therapy, up to 8,000 deaths from metastatic
cSCC (mcSCC) occur each year, a number similar to that of melanoma. 1 With no US Food
and Drug Administration–approved options available for mcSCC, common approaches
include platinum-based chemotherapy and off-label cetuximab. These strategies lack
durability, and overall survival for mcSCC is only 10.9 months. 2 Clinical responses in …
Roughly 1.1 million cases of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) occur annually. Although most cases can be cured with local therapy, up to 8,000 deaths from metastatic cSCC (mcSCC) occur each year, a number similar to that of melanoma. 1 With no US Food and Drug Administration–approved options available for mcSCC, common approaches include platinum-based chemotherapy and off-label cetuximab. These strategies lack durability, and overall survival for mcSCC is only 10.9 months. 2 Clinical responses in mcSCC have recently been reported with the use of PD-1 antibodies, pembrolizumab and nivolumab. 3, 4, 5 Here we report a complete pathologic response after 4 cycles of nivolumab and the anti–CTLA-4 antibody, ipilimumab, in a patient with mcSCC.
Elsevier