Salvage Reconstructive Surgery During Nivolumab Therapy for a Patient With Hypopharyngeal Cancer

Objectives: Nivolumab, a fully IgG4-programmed death-1 inhibitor antibody, led to improved overall survival compared with single-agent therapy in patients with platinum-refractory recurrent head and neck cancers. In general, nivolumab is used in inoperable patients. To the best of our knowledge, the...

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Main Authors: Nayuta Tsushima, Takeshi Shinozaki, Takao Fujisawa, Toshifumi Tomioka, Wataru Okano, Masakazu Ikeda, Makoto Tahara, Takuya Higashino, Ryuichi Hayashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-04-01
Series:Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1179547620908854