Multimodal treatment of pineal metastasis from oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Francesca Rifaldi, Domiziana Alaimo, Anna Tortorella, Ilaria Imarisio, Anna Pagani, Salvatore Corallo, Paolo Pedrazzoli, Daniela Cicognini, Viola Custodi, Francesco Guerrini, Giannantonio Spena, Elisabetta Bonzano, Sara Colombo, Jacopo Viganò, Luca Ansaloni, Anna Gallotti, Alessandra Viglio, Francesco Serra

Article Type

Case Report

Published

The authors present a case of pineal metastasis from oesophageal adenocarcinoma managed by multimodal treatment and compare their observations with the available literature on this disease entity.

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Place in therapy of key treatments for platinum-sensitive, relapsed, extensive-stage small cell lung cancer with a focus on lurbinectedin: a narrative review with case studies

Leonid Shunyakov, Firas B Badin, Judith Hafer, David König, Patrizia Froesch, Laurent Greillier

Article Type

Review

Published

This article reviews key second-line regimens recommended in major guidelines for treatment of patients with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer with platinum-sensitive relapse (chemotherapy-free interval ≥90 days), focusing on recent prospective clinical trials and post hoc analyses.

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Pseudoprogression and improvement of quality of life in a patient with advanced endometrial cancer treated with immunotherapy: a case report

Valentina Tuninetti, Roberta Danese, Amedeo Calvo, Marco Bellero, Lavinia Bianco, Valentina Ariu, Maria Grazia Ruo Redda, Paola Campisi, Alessandra Bianco, Giovanni De Rosa, Massimo Petracchini, Giorgio Valabrega

Article Type

Case Report

Published

This article describes the case of a woman with deficient mismatch repair/microsatellite instability endometrial cancer who did not respond to first-line treatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel but had a high response to subsequent immunotherapy with dostarlimab.

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