井坂 珠子
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Associate Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Recurrent spindle cell carcinoma of the lung successfully treated by chemoimmunotherapy.
Journal Formal name:Respirology case reports
Abbreviation:Respirol Case Rep
ISSN code:20513380/20513380
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 9(6),pp.e00757
Author and coauthor AKABA Tomohiro†, SHIOTA Yuno, ONIZAWA Fumi, ISAKA Tamami, NAGASHIMA Yoji, TAGAYA Etsuko
Publication date 2021/06
Summary There is limited evidence for the treatment of sarcomatoid lung carcinoma, especially spindle cell carcinoma (SpCC) because of the rarity of disease. Although the efficacy of combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy (i.e. chemoimmunotherapy) for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is well recognized, the effect for SpCC is not fully elucidated. A 72-year-old woman underwent surgical resection for the treatment of stage IIIA SpCC. Recurrence occurred three months after surgery, and then she received combination of carboplatin, paclitaxel, bevacizumab, and atezolizumab. A clinically favourable response was achieved by four cycles of chemoimmunotherapy and sequential maintenance therapy with bevacizumab and atezolizumab. The prognosis of advanced SpCC is generally poor, but chemoimmunotherapy can be a good therapeutic option for the first-line treatment of SpCC.
DOI 10.1002/rcr2.757
PMID 33976886