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Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma carries a poor prognosis with limited management options in unresectable cases or patients with poor performance status, and the role of perioperative systemic therapy remains not definitively elucidated.
Does neoadjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy following checkpoint inhibitor use improve outcomes in a patient with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma?
Does neoadjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy following checkpoint inhibitor use improve outcomes in a patient with undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma?
Prior immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy may prime the tumor microenvironment in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma, potentially leading to exceptional responses to subsequent neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy.
Prior checkpoint inhibitor use may enhance neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy response in undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (UPS), a subtype of soft tissue sarcoma (STS), is an uncommon malignancy associated with a poor prognosis. As with other forms of sarcoma, surgical resection remains the only form of treatment with curative potential. The role of perioperative systemic therapy has not been definitively elucidated. Due to high recurrence rates and metastatic potential, management of UPS can pose a difficult task for clinicians. In cases of unresectable UPS due to anatomic limitations and in patients with comorbidities and poor performance status (PS), management options are limited. We describe a patient with UPS involving the chest wall with poor PS who achieved complete response (CR) following neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiation in the setting of prior immune-checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy.
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