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Thermal Ablation for the Treatment of Abdominal Tumors
Published on: March 7, 2011
Hepatocellular Carcinoma Showing Tumor Shrinkage Due to an Abscopal Effect
Ryo Yano1, Masashi Hirooka1, Makoto Morita1
1Department of Gastroenterology and Metabology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.
Abstract:
We herein report a 63-year-old man who presented with left lower jaw pain and was diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma with bone metastases post-examination. All tumors grew after immunotherapy with atezolizumab and bevacizumab, and his jaw pain worsened. After palliative radiation therapy, however, the tumors shrank markedly, with no recurrence seen after stopping immunotherapy. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which a radiotherapy- and immunotherapy-mediated abscopal effect facilitated tumor shrinkage and immunotherapy discontinuation.

