Metastatic ovarian tumor from pancreatic cancer treated with combined immunotherapy: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a fatal disease with a high mortality rate due to difficulties in early diagnosis and metastasis. Common sites of metastasis from PC include the liver, lung, stomach and kidney. Patients diagnosed at already the metastatic stages on presentation constitute 50-55% of the cases, with a 5-year survival rate of 3%. By contrast, secondary ovarian metastases account for 10-25% of all ovarian malignancies, though an accurate diagnosis remain challenging. The present study reports the rare case of a 42-year-old woman with primary hepatic metastasis and secondary ovarian metastasis from PC treated with two lines of immunotherapy, who is also experiencing severe treatment-associated toxicity. The patient first received combined immunotherapy consisting of camrelizumab (200

SUBMITTER: Tao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9434723 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature