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Dissociated response related to corticosteroids in lung cancer treated by immunotherapy: A case report.

Quentin Dominique ThomasLéa SinoquetAntonio MaraverXavier Quantin
Published in: Clinical case reports (2021)
We report the case of a patient with a complete metastatic adrenal response on Pembrolizumab for metastatic lung cancer. Treatment with a systemic corticosteroid-induced a time-dependent progression at his metastatic site. Surprisingly, after stopping the corticosteroid, we observed a new complete response in long-term adrenal metastases.
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