Clinical Remission of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Auricle with Cetuximab and Nivolumab.
Alessandra ChenNabilah AliPeter BoasbergAllen S HoPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2018)
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) affecting the regions of the head and neck can be challenging to resect surgically and refractory to chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Consequently; the treatment of squamous cell carcinomas of the skin is a focus of current research. One such advancement is immunotherapy. Herein we describe clinical remission of invasive, poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the pre-auricular region with external auditory canal involvement using cetuximab, an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) antibody; and nivolumab, a programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) antibody. Such durable and comprehensive disease resolution demonstrates the therapeutic potential of cetuximab and nivolumab in surgically challenging, treatment-resistant cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
Keyphrases
- locally advanced
- squamous cell carcinoma
- squamous cell
- epidermal growth factor receptor
- radiation therapy
- tyrosine kinase
- rectal cancer
- advanced non small cell lung cancer
- small cell lung cancer
- metastatic colorectal cancer
- lymph node metastasis
- high grade
- wild type
- disease activity
- working memory
- ulcerative colitis
- radiation induced
- single molecule