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  • A 90-year-old woman was hospitalized due to a dry cough, and imaging revealed a tumor in her lung.
  • A biopsy confirmed she had squamous cell carcinoma with an EGFR mutation and high PD-L1 expression.
  • Despite receiving pembrolizumab therapy, the treatment was ineffective, and she passed away six months after her initial hospital visit.

Article Abstract

A 90-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with a history of a dry cough. Chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed a tumor shadow, and CT-guided lung biopsy revealed squamous cell carcinoma harboring an EGFR mutation. In addition, programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) was highly expressed with a tumor proportion score (TPS) of >75%. Pembrolizumab therapy in the first-line setting was not effective, and the patient died at six months from the first visit. Squamous cell lung cancers (SCLCs) with both EGFR mutation and high expression of PD-L1 are very rare.

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