A 63-year-old woman underwent right lower lobectomy and mediastinal dissection for lung cancer. At 5 years and 5 months after surgery, chest computed tomography revealed multiple liver metastasis. EGFR gene mutations of L858R and T790M were detected in both the primary lung cancer lesion and the liver metastasis specimen. Gefitinib was initiated as the first-line treatment, but the tumors increased in size. Osimertinib, as second-line treatment, was remarkably effective against the liver metastatic lesions and it maintained a partial response for approximately 1 year. Thus, osimertinib was effective for liver metastasis of lung cancer with EGFR mutations of L858R and T790M.
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Front Oncol
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Organ Transplantation Clinical Medical Center of Xiamen University, Department of Organ Transplantation, Xiang'an Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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Biomaterials
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Institute of Precision Medicine, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, 518036, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address:
Radiotherapy, employing high-energy rays to precisely target and eradicate tumor cells, plays a pivotal role in the treatment of various malignancies. Despite its therapeutic potential, the effectiveness of radiotherapy is hindered by the tumor's inherent low radiosensitivity and the immunosuppressive microenvironment. Here we present an innovative approach that integrates peroxynitrite (ONOO)-mediated radiosensitization with the tumor-associated neutrophils (TANs) polarization for the reversal of immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME), greatly amplifying the potency of radiotherapy.
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Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China. Electronic address:
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