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  • Case Report
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,193 Views
9 Pages

Sintilimab-Induced Myocarditis in a Patient with Gastric Cancer: A Case Report and Literature Review

  • Xin Liu,
  • Ziyue Zeng,
  • Jianlei Cao,
  • Xianqing Li,
  • Muheremu Muhetaer,
  • Zhili Jin,
  • Huanhuan Cai and
  • Zhibing Lu

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have emerged as a powerful and efficacious therapeutic approach for many cancer patients. Sintilimab is a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody that binds with programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) to block its in...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,237 Views
7 Pages

25 October 2022

Penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) is a rare disease. The treatment options for advanced penile cancer are often limited, and the prognosis remains poor. We reported a 52-year-old male recurrent and metastatic PSCC patient with high PD-L1 expressi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Beyond Immunotherapy in the Management of Genito-Urinary Malignancies)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,568 Views
13 Pages

From Innovation to Complication: A Case Report and Review on Immune-Related Colitis Induced by ICIs

  • Huibo Li,
  • Yumiao Pan,
  • Wenzheng Liu,
  • Hejun Zhang,
  • Xueli Tian,
  • Rongsheng Zhao and
  • Yi Zhun Zhu

15 August 2025

Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionized cancer therapy by providing durable responses and a favorable safety profile, ushering in a new era of tumor immunotherapy. However, immune-related adverse events (irAEs) remain a significant cl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tumor Immunopharmacology)
  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,901 Views
8 Pages

1 September 2022

Carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma (Ca ex PA) is a rare malignant tumor that arises from a primary or recurrent benign pleomorphic adenoma (PA). Ca ex PA has an aggressive behavior and poor prognosis. To date, there are no standardized therapeutic meth...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
9,890 Views
43 Pages

21 June 2025

The PD-1/PD-L1 pathway has emerged as a critical target in colorectal cancer (CRC) immunotherapy, with pembrolizumab, nivolumab, and dostarlimab demonstrating significant clinical efficacy, particularly in microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Anticancer Compounds and Therapeutic Strategies)
  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,207 Views
16 Pages

Immunotherapy for Squamous Esophageal Cancer: A Review

  • Angelica Petrillo and
  • Elizabeth C. Smyth

Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is a rare gastrointestinal tumour with high mortality. A multimodality treatment based on chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery is the standard of care in the case of non-metastatic disease; chemotherapy has...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Present and Future of Personalized Medicine in Oncology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
43 Citations
8,303 Views
11 Pages

Immunotherapy in Squamous Cell Cancer of the Esophagus

  • Peter Thuss-Patience and
  • Alexander Stein

30 March 2022

Treatment of esophageal carcinoma has changed dramatically following several landmark trials, which have proven the benefit of immunotherapy. The selective PD-1 (programmed cell death ligand-1)-inhibitor nivolumab has been shown to improve DFS in the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue In Search of More Effective and Less Invasive Ways to Treat Esophagus and Stomach Cancer)
  • Review
  • Open Access
101 Citations
13,767 Views
51 Pages

11 April 2022

The problems with anticancer therapy are resistance and toxicity. From 3000 Cisplatin derivatives tested as antitumor agents, most of them have been rejected, due to toxicity. The aim of current study is the comparison of therapeutic combinations of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synthesis of Organic Ligands and Their Metal Complexes in Medicinal Chemistry)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
7,385 Views
22 Pages

30 September 2022

Chinese national guidelines recommend various systemic therapies for patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), but optimal treatment selection remains uncertain. To summarize the evidence supporting the systemic treatment of Chinese pati...

(This article belongs to the Section Medical Oncology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
7,002 Views
16 Pages

Background: Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Advances in screening, diagnosis, and management have transformed clinical practice, particularly with the integration of immunotherapy and target therapies. Met...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Lung Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis and Management: 2nd Edition)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,806 Views
18 Pages

16 May 2024

Background: This study aimed to systematically review case reports documenting rare adverse events in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) following the administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs). Methods: A systematic literature re...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy)
  • Review
  • Open Access
41 Citations
8,886 Views
38 Pages

Immunotherapy in Hodgkin Lymphoma: Present Status and Future Strategies

  • Theodoros P. Vassilakopoulos,
  • Chrysovalantou Chatzidimitriou,
  • John V. Asimakopoulos,
  • Maria Arapaki,
  • Evangelos Tzoras,
  • Maria K. Angelopoulou and
  • Kostas Konstantopoulos

29 July 2019

Although classical Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL) is usually curable, 20–30% of the patients experience treatment failure and most of them are typically treated with salvage chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (autoSCT). However, 45&n...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Signaling Pathways and Immune Checkpoint Regulation in Cancer)