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Comprehensive clinical and genetic characterization of hyperprogressive biliary tract cancer during PD-1 blockade monotherapy: case report and literature review.
BMC medical genomics - 14 Mar 2025
Wang Kang-Xin, Yang Xu-Dong, Guo Fen, Sun Hui, Fang Yue-Yu, Jiang Nan-Yuan, Chen Xiao-Feng
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Some genetically characterized patients show the rapid disease progression during immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) monotherapy, a phenomenon known as hyperprogressive disease (HPD). CASE PRESENTATION: Herein we report a relevant case of biliary tract cancer (BTC) that initially responded to gemcitabine plus oxaliplatin (GEMOX) and PD-1 blockade but subsequently developed HPD in the process of PD-1...
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- Humans
- Biliary Tract Neoplasms
- Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
- Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)
