Abscopal Effect Following CT Guided Permanent Seed Brachytherapy for Metastatic Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma to Lung

Doggett, Stephen; Chino, Shigeru; Lempert, Todd E.; Sidhar, Kunal

doi:10.1016/j.brachy.2018.04.191

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“…In most cases reported, radiation and immunotherapy combined have been observed to produce such an effect, unlike in our patient who did not receive any form of immunotherapy. Previously, the abscopal effect has been demonstrated in the case of ACC in a few case reports [ 14 ]. The Danish and British Columbia trials demonstrated that postoperative radiotherapy for high-risk breast cancer patients reduced the risk of loco-regional as well as distant recurrence considerably [ 15 , 16 ].…”

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Spontaneous Regression of the Pulmonary Metastases in Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma of the Parotid Gland: A Case Report

Pokhrel¹,

Chidharla²,

Neupane³

2022

Cureus

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Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a rare epithelial tumor of the salivary glands with an indolent course and usually bears a long-term survival rate even when metastasized. Spontaneous regression of such a resistant tumor is an even scarce event. We report a case of a patient with ACC of the parotid gland with pulmonary metastases, which spontaneously resolved following resection and post-surgical radiation of the primary tumor. Among the numerous theories proposed to explain such a phenomenon, immunogenic mechanisms and the abscopal effect are the most plausible explanations in this case.

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