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Association details:
Evidence:
Evidence Level:
Sensitive: C4 – Case Studies
Title:

Efficacy of a programmed death-1 checkpoint inhibitor in a case of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma harboring mutations of TP53 and BRCA2

Published date:
07/19/2020
Excerpt:
...87-year-old woman with recurrent cSCC...Next-generation sequencing of the tumor discovered three single-nucleotide mutations in TP53, copy number amplification in Src, and a heterozygous deletion in BRCA2….treated her with a programmed death-1 (PD-1) checkpoint inhibitor, pembrolizumab, for 10 months. The tumor regressed 3 months later and complete pathological remission was achieved 10 months after starting treatment. As of writing, the patient has been disease free for 17 months after discontinuing treatment.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1111/dth.14035