Clinical Oncology: Case Reports

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Hawk Author

Subjects of specialization
Diagnostic Radiology, radiography, CT

Affiliation
Community Hospital Cancer Center, 1440 East County Line Road Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA

Biography

Dr. Hawk is a working in the Community Hospital Cancer Center, USA. Over the experience in the  field of  Metastatic adrenocortical carcinoma; Immunotherapy; Pembrolizumab, Dr. Hawk publish various articles in quality journals. 


Publications

Case Report Open Access

Impressive Response to Immunotherapy in a Patient with Metastatic Adrenocortical Carcinoma

Author(s):

Lindsey Addington*, Hagman Thomas, Hawk, Nicole CMA and Pablo Bedano (USA)

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare cancer with limited effective treatment options and poor prognosis. ACC incidence is 1 to 2 cases per million making randomized clinical trials difficult to conduct. The current standard first line treatment for metastatic ACC showing tumor response and improved progression free survival (PFS) is etoposide-doxorubicin-cisplatin (EDP) plus mitotane. Multiple efforts to find a targeted treatment for ACC have not shown impressive responses. Immunotherapy agents such as checkpoint inhibitors programmed cell death – 1 receptor (PD-1) and programmed cell deathligand 1 have shown significant responses in multiple malignancies including melanoma, non-small-cell-lung cancer, Hodgkin’s lymphoma to name a few. We present a case of a female patie... view moreĀ»

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