Rapid response of metastatic cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma to pembrolizumab in a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum: Case report and review of the literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 99-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresa Deinlein ◽  
Sigurd F. Lax ◽  
Thomas Schwarz ◽  
Roberta Giuffrida ◽  
Karin Schmid-Zalaudek ◽  
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Author(s):  
Maimouna Mane ◽  
Sofian Benkhaled ◽  
Latifatou Gueye ◽  
Josephine Frederique Mendouga Eyenga ◽  
Mamadou Moustapha Dieng ◽  
...  

Radiotherapy, by its mechanism, has always been suspected to be contra-indicated in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum, depriving them of this very effective modality in the treatment of their cancers. As these suspicions have still not been confirmed, the place of radiotherapy should be reconsidered, while applying precautionary principles.


2016 ◽  
Vol 02 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishwas D Pai ◽  
Sushma V Pai ◽  
Vidhya Manohar ◽  
Suvarna Ravindranath ◽  
Mahantesh K Math

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