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

Giulia Mazzaschi; Chiara Tommasi; Elisabetta Pietri; Luigi Corcione; Annamaria De Giorgi; Paola Bini; Simona Bui

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3758

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

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Jan 18;9(3):1334-1338. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3758. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Giulia Mazzaschi¹, Chiara Tommasi¹, Elisabetta Pietri¹, Luigi Corcione², Annamaria De Giorgi³, Paola Bini⁴, Simona Bui¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma Parma Italy.
² Department of Pathologic Anatomy Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitario di Parma Parma Italy.
³ Department of Medical Oncology Azienda Ospedaliera di Varese Varese Italy.
⁴ Department of Radiology Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma Parma Italy.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: abscopal effect; chemotherapy; head and neck cancer; oligometastatic; radiotherapy.

Publication types

Case Reports