The Treatment for a Patient with Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Case Report

Background Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is metastatic at diagnosis with an unknown primary site, indicating a high degree of malignancy with a poor prognosis. The development and application of targeted therapy and immunotherapy are current research hotspots, which provide additional treatment op...

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Autores principales:	QingTao Ni MD, KaiJin Lu MB, Chi Pan MD, ShengBin Dai MB, Peng Wang MM
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Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:927a0001c72148d384617daccbc2e1512021-12-01T23:34:32ZThe Treatment for a Patient with Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Case Report1559-325810.1177/15593258211056185https://doaj.org/article/927a0001c72148d384617daccbc2e1512021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/15593258211056185https://doaj.org/toc/1559-3258Background Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is metastatic at diagnosis with an unknown primary site, indicating a high degree of malignancy with a poor prognosis. The development and application of targeted therapy and immunotherapy are current research hotspots, which provide additional treatment options for CUP. Case Presentation A 36-year-old male presented with pain on the right hip in April 2018. After various examinations, he was diagnosed with CUP. This patient received chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and local radiotherapy in our department. However, the use of radiotherapy after immunotherapy resulted in severe pneumonia. Conclusion Compared with traditional treatments, immunotherapy is an effective treatment with fewer side effects and better patient tolerance. However, treating physicians should be still pay special attention to the occurrence of side effects when radiotherapy is combined with immunotherapy.QingTao Ni MDKaiJin Lu MBChi Pan MDShengBin Dai MBPeng Wang MMSAGE PublishingarticleTherapeutics. PharmacologyRM1-950ENDose-Response, Vol 19 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Therapeutics. Pharmacology RM1-950 QingTao Ni MD KaiJin Lu MB Chi Pan MD ShengBin Dai MB Peng Wang MM The Treatment for a Patient with Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Case Report
description	Background Cancer of unknown primary (CUP) is metastatic at diagnosis with an unknown primary site, indicating a high degree of malignancy with a poor prognosis. The development and application of targeted therapy and immunotherapy are current research hotspots, which provide additional treatment options for CUP. Case Presentation A 36-year-old male presented with pain on the right hip in April 2018. After various examinations, he was diagnosed with CUP. This patient received chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and local radiotherapy in our department. However, the use of radiotherapy after immunotherapy resulted in severe pneumonia. Conclusion Compared with traditional treatments, immunotherapy is an effective treatment with fewer side effects and better patient tolerance. However, treating physicians should be still pay special attention to the occurrence of side effects when radiotherapy is combined with immunotherapy.
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title	The Treatment for a Patient with Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Case Report
title_short	The Treatment for a Patient with Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Case Report
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The Treatment for a Patient with Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Case Report

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