Pancreatic undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells curatively resected after pembrolizumab therapy for lung metastases: a case report

Pancreatic undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells curatively resected after pembrolizumab therapy for lung metastases: a case report

Abstract Background Therapy targeting programmed death-1 or programmed death-1 ligand-1 (PD-1/PD-L1) has been developed for various solid malignant tumors, such as melanoma and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but this approach has little effect in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic u...

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Main Authors: Miku Obayashi, Yasushi Shibasaki, Toru Koakutsu, Yoshiro Hayashi, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Kazuhisa Hirayama, Masanori Yamazaki, Yasuhiro Takayanagi, Hiroshi Shibata, Masato Nakamura, Hirotoshi Maruo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Subjects:
Undifferentiated carcinoma with osteoclast-like giant cells
UCOGC
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Lung metastasis
Pembrolizumab
PD-1
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12876-020-01362-4

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