Pembrolizumab response in stage IV luminal-type breast cancer with high microsatellite instability: a case report.
J Med Case Rep
; 18(1): 214, 2024 May 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pembrolizumab (PEM), an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI), is often used for triple-negative breast cancer, but can also be used to treat solid tumors that exhibit high microsatellite instability (MSI-High). However, patients with breast cancer rarely have MSI-High, the use of PEM in such cases in clinical practice is uncertain due to lack of sufficient supporting data. Here, we report the case of a premenopausal woman in who received PEM for MSI-High luminal-type breast cancer. CASE PRESENTATION A 40-year-old premenopausal Asian woman was diagnosed with stage IIA (T2N0M0) breast cancer and had an Oncotype DX recurrence score of 38. After surgery, she received 4 courses of chemotherapy with docetaxel and cyclophosphamide. After 3 months of tamoxifen therapy, the patient complained of abdominal pain due to right iliac metastasis, and biopsy of the metastatic lesion showed of luminal type; she was sequentially treated with fulvestrant, a CDK4/6 inhibitor, and an anticancer drug (TS1), but over the next year, metastasis to the bone and para-aortic lymph nodes increased. Tumor was MSI-High; PEM was started, and after three courses, bone metastases were reduced, para-aortic lymph node metastases resolved, opioids were discontinued, and the patient returned to society; PEM was administered for 1 year with no worsening of bone metastases on imaging. Asymptomatic brain metastasis less than 1 cm was detected and gamma knife was performed. Six months after completion of PEM, the patient is working with no new lesions.CONCLUSION:
We report a case of luminal-type breast cancer with bone metastases and MSI-High, which was treated with PEM and showed a rapid therapeutic response.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Inestabilidad de Microsatélites
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Anticuerpos Monoclonales Humanizados
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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En
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J Med Case Rep
Año:
2024
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Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido