Related Experiment Video For Acinar cell carcinoma
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Immunophenotyping of Orthotopic Homograft Syngeneic of Murine Primary KPC Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Flow Cytometry
Published on: October 9, 2018
Complete pathological response to pembrolizumab in pretreated pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma
Valeria Merz1,2, Francesca Maines3, Stefano Marcucci4
1Department of Medical Oncology, Santa Chiara Hospital, APSS, L.Go Medaglie d'Oro,9, 38122, Trento, Italy. valeria.merz@univr.it.
Background:
Therapeutic approach used for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is usually translated also for the rarer acinar counterpart, which shows a different mutational landscape nevertheless. While dMMR/MSI-H status is rare in the ductal histotype, it appears to be more prevalent in pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma (PACC).
Case Presentation:
We report the case of a patient with locally advanced MSI-H PACC in whom the treatment with the anti-PD-1 pembrolizumab, administered as third line, made possible surgical resection, achieving even an exceptional pathological complete response.
Conclusions:
Treatment of PACC should be tailored based on the peculiar molecular features that distinguish PACC from ductal adenocarcinoma. Evaluation of potentially therapeutically targetable alterations should be mandatory in case of PACC diagnosis.
