Zhang Ninggang, Ren Yaqiong, Zan Likun, Zhang Xuting, Zhao Jian, Wen Lu, Wang Yusheng
Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital/Shanxi Hospital Affiliated to Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Department of Radiotherapy Oncology, Shanxi Province Cancer Hospital/Shanxi Hospital Affiliated to Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, China.
Front Oncol. 2022 Nov 16;12:966818. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.966818. eCollection 2022.
Perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComas) are rare mesenchymal tumors arising from perivascular epithelial cells. There was no standard treatment for unresectable PEComa before 2021. For a low incidence and a rarely curable disease, development of new therapy is essential. A 45-year-old female was diagnosed with malignant renal PEComa (likely with rearrangement) that underwent rapid progression after 10 months of surgery. The patient then received the tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) Apatinib, and the tumor remained stable for 15 months before another progression. The patient then received the MTOR inhibitor everolimus that alleviated her symptoms but the tumor went into remission again after another 15 months. This result suggests that antagonizing the vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) pathway be a useful strategy for malignant PEComas, along with the MTOR pathway inhibition that had recently been approved for the rare tumor.
血管周上皮样细胞瘤(PEComas)是一种起源于血管周上皮细胞的罕见间叶组织肿瘤。2021年之前,对于无法切除的PEComa尚无标准治疗方法。由于该疾病发病率低且难以治愈,开发新的治疗方法至关重要。一名45岁女性被诊断为恶性肾PEComa(可能存在重排),术后10个月病情迅速进展。该患者随后接受了酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKI)阿帕替尼治疗,肿瘤在再次进展前稳定了15个月。之后患者接受了mTOR抑制剂依维莫司治疗,症状得到缓解,但15个月后肿瘤再次缓解。这一结果表明,拮抗血管内皮生长因子受体(VEGFR)途径是治疗恶性PEComas的一种有效策略,同时mTOR途径抑制最近已被批准用于这种罕见肿瘤。