Brungs Daniel, Sze Victor, Emmett Louise, Epstein Richard J
Departments of Oncology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
Medical Imaging, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
World J Oncol. 2013 Apr;4(2):122-125. doi: 10.4021/wjon639w. Epub 2013 May 6.
The blood-brain barrier is traditionally regarded as an insurmountable obstacle to the effective drug therapy of brain metastases from solid tumors. Here we describe a striking case of complete radiologic response to chemotherapy, and propose that the critical success factors include the large tumor size, HER2-positivity, and concomitant use of trastuzumab.
血脑屏障传统上被视为实体瘤脑转移有效药物治疗难以逾越的障碍。在此,我们描述了一例对化疗有显著放射学反应的惊人病例,并提出关键的成功因素包括肿瘤体积大、HER2阳性以及同时使用曲妥珠单抗。