Abscopal effect as part of treatment of oligometastatic head and neck cancer: A case report

• Published in: Clinical case reports Vol. 9; no. 3; pp. 1334 - 1338
• Main Authors: Mazzaschi, Giulia, Tommasi, Chiara, Pietri, Elisabetta, Corcione, Luigi, De Giorgi, Annamaria, Bini, Paola, Bui, Simona
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-03-2021; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: abscopal effect; Biopsy; Cancer therapies; Case Report; Case Reports; Chemotherapy; Contrast agents; Disease; Head & neck cancer; head and neck cancer; Immune system; Localization; Lymphatic system; Medical prognosis; Metastasis; oligometastatic; Pain; Patients; Radiation therapy; radiotherapy; radiotherapy; abscopal effect; oligometastatic; head and neck cancer; chemotherapy
• ISSN: 2050-0904; 2050-0904
• DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.3758

A 66‐year‐old man with hypopharyngeal carcinoma with a single bone metastasis was treated with definitive chemo/radiotherapy omitting local treatment of the single bone lesion. He remained relapse‐free for 6 years. We have concluded that radiotherapy‐dependent abscopal effect might have allowed to avoid ablative treatment of metastatic site.
A 66‐year‐old man with hypopharyngeal carcinoma with a single bone metastasis was treated with definitive chemo/radiotherapy omitting local treatment of the single bone lesion. He remained relapse‐free for 6 years. We have concluded that radiotherapy‐dependent abscopal effect might have allowed to avoid ablative treatment of metastatic site.