Table 2.
Reference | Age | Gender | Histo-Pathology | Primary Tumor Site | Treatment of Primary Tumor | Metastasis Site | Systemic Treatment | RT | Irradiation Site | Non-Irradiated Abscopal Regression | Time Frame for Abscopal Response | Immuno-Therapy | Reported Parameters |
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Postow et al. (2012) [49] |
33 | F | Melanoma | Upper back | Excision | Lung, right hilar LN, paraspinal region, spleen | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 28.5 Gy, 3 fr |
Paraspinal region | Right hilar LN, spleen | 4 months | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4) |
BRAF mutation, NY-ESO-1 expression, CD4+ ICOShigh, CD14+ HLA-DRlow, CD8+, CD4+ T cells, seromic analysis |
Hiniker et al. (2012) [51] |
57 | M | Melanoma | Left posterior arm | Excision | Left axillary, liver, left upper arm | Immuno-therapy | 54 Gy, 3 fr |
Liver | All metastases | 6 months | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4) |
|
Golden et al. (2013) [52] |
64 | M | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung | Chemo-therapy (pemetrexed, carboplatin, gemcitabine, vinorelbine) | Left + right supra-clavicular LN, right upper lobe, left lower lobe, bilateral hilar, mediastinal adenopathy, liver, sacrum | Chemo-therapy (pemetrexed, carboplatin, gemcitabine, vinorelbine), immuno-therapy | 59.4 Gy, 33 fr |
Right lung, right supra-clavicular, right hilar, mediastinal adenopathy | 2 months | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4) |
Absolute lymphocyte counts (ALCs), absolute eosinophil counts (AECs), metabolic activity LN, CD8 cytotoxic T cells, TIA-1 (cytotoxic granules), FoxP3+ (Tregs), CK7, TTF-1, CK20, CDX2, CEA level | |
30 Gy, 5 fr |
Liver | Left lung, right lung, hilar adenopathy | 3 months | ||||||||||
Stamell et al. (2013) [53] |
67 | M | Melanoma | Head | RT | Forehead, scalp, neck, nodal, brain | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 24 Gy, 3 fr |
Primary tumor | Skin metastasis | 8 months | Melanoma antigen A3 (MEGA3), PAS domain containing 1 (PASD1) level of serum | |
SRS | Brain | Complete remission | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4) |
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Grimaldi et al. (2014) [54] |
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | Immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain | Liver | n/a | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4) |
|
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain | Pelvic relapse | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 50 Gy, 25 fr |
Chest wall, right axilla | Liver, cutaneous metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 20 Gy, 5 fr |
Right inguinal lymph node | Gastric, cutaneous, lung, lymph nodal + retroperitoneal abdominal metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain (WBRT) | Liver, bilateral axillary + right ovaric metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain (WBRT) | Lung, cutaneous, lymph nodal + abdominal metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Right chest wall | Lymph nodal, cutaneous + chest wall metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Vertebral metastasis | Lung metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 24 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain (SRT) | Cutaneous metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 20 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain (SRT) | Liver metastases | n/a | ||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | n/a | 24 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain (SRT) | Lung metastases | n/a | ||||
Thallinger et al. (2014) [55] |
44 | M | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | Liver, lung, right kidney, right adrenal gland, LN, bone, brain | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain | Kidney, lunge, liver | 2 months | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4) |
S100, HMB45, Melan A, BRAF, NRAS + c-KIT mutations |
Okwan-Duodu et al. (2015) [56] |
50 | F | Melanoma | Right lower back | Excision | Right groin, right occipital area, right suboccipital node, sub-centimeter right pulmonary node, brain, multiple retroperitoneal, subcutaneous, aortocaval, left periaortic + peripancreatic LNs | Immuno-therapy | Whole-brain RT | Brain | Pulmonary, retroperitoneal, mesenteric nodes. | 5 months | IL-2 therapy | |
Michot et al. (2016) [57] |
33 | M | Classical Hodgkin disease | Nodal supra-diaphrag-matic area | Chemo-therapy (doxorubicin (Adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine) | Mediastinal right hilar + coeliac areas LN, supra-diaphragmatic + subdiaphragmatic LN, mediastinal lymphadenopathy | Chemo-therapy (doxorubicin (Adriamycin), bleomycin, vinblastine, dacarbazine), immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr | Right hilar mediastinal LN | n/a | n/a | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
|
Cong et al. (2017) [58] |
64 | F | Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) | Left lung | Chemo-therapy (cisplatin, pemetrexed) | Para-mediastinal tumor, lingual segment tumor | Chemo-therpay, immuno-therapy, EGFR inhibitor | 37.5 Gy, 5 fr | Para-mediastinal tumor | Lung | 10 months | Endritic cells + cytokine-induced killers (DC-CIK) immunotherapy | EGFR mutation |
Komatsu et al. (2017) [59] |
60 | M | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung (right upper lobe) | Lobectomy | Liver metastasis, intrapulmonary metastasis | Chemo-radio-therapy, immuno-therapy | 40 Gy, 20 fr |
Liver | Lung | 3 weeks | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
|
Sato et al. (2017) [60] |
54 | M | Adeno-carcinoma (gastric cancer) | Colon | Distal gastrectomy | Peritoneal tumor | Chemo-therapy (TS-1, paclitaxel), immun-otherapy | 48 Gy, 24 fr |
Colon | Peritoneal tumor | 2 months | T-cell immuno-therapy, dendritic cell (DC) therapy | CEA, CA19-9 |
Sharabi et al. (2017) [61] |
48 | F | Neuro-endocrine cervical carcinoma | Uterine, cervix | Chemo-therapy, RT | Liver, pelvic, retro-peritoneal + pelvic LN | Chemo-therapy (cisplatin, etoposide), immuno-therapy | 20 Gy, 4 fr |
Abdominal mass | Hepatic lesion, pelvic mass, pelvic + retroperitoneal LN | 4 month | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Pan-cytokeratin, synaptophysin, CD99, EMA, p16, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), NGS mutation analysis, tumor mutational burden, PD-L1, microsatellite instability (MSI-H) status, CA-125 |
Shi et al. (2017) [62] |
67 | F | Pancreatic cancer | Pancreas | Chemo-therapy (gemcitabine, paclitaxel albumin) | Liver, right pleura metastasis | Chemo-therapy (gemcitabine, paclitaxel albumin), tyrosine kinase inhibitor, immuno-therapy | 45 Gy, 15 fr |
Pancreas | Metasases | 1 month | GM-CSF | CA19-9 |
Xie et al. (2017) [63] |
54 | M | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Left kidney | Nephrectomy | Multiple mediastinal, retro-peritoneal, bilateral cervical, pelvis LN | Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (sunitinib) | 32 Gy, 4 fr |
Left mediastinal LN | All metastasis | 2 months | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) |
Britschgi et al. (2018) [64] |
47 | M | Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) | Lung | Chemo-therapy cetuximab, RT, resection | Rretro-peritoneal + abdominal lymph node | Chemo-therapy (pemetrexed), immuno-therapy | 18 Gy, 3 fr |
2 retro-peritoneal LNs | Unirradiated LNs | 10 weeks | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
History of tobacco use |
Gutkin et al. (2018) [65] |
57 | M | Melanoma | Left posterior arm | Excision (priamry, LN) | Liver. left upper arm | Immuno-therapy | 50 Gy, 20 fr |
Left posterior arm | IFN therapy, ipilimumab | BRAF mutation, V600 | ||
54 Gy, 3 fr |
2 liver metastases | Complete response | 1 year | ||||||||||
Matsushita et al. (2018) [66] |
62 | M | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Right kidney | Nephrectomy | Right adrenal gland, lumbar vertebrae (L4) | Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (sunitinib, axitinib), immuno-therapy | 36 Gy, 12 fr |
Lumbar vertebrae (L4) | Right adrenal | 1.5 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
|
71 | M | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Right kidney | Nephrectomy | Left parotid gland, soft tissues, lung, pancreas, right iliopsoas muscle | Interferon-α therapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors (sunitinib, axitinib), immuno-therapy | 66 Gy, 33 fr |
Right iliopsoas muscle | Lung, pancreas | 1.5 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Tumor burden | |
Rodriguez-Ruiz et al. (2018) [67] |
68 | M | Castration-resistant prostate carcinoma | Prostate | Surgery, chemotherapy | Mediastinal + inguinal LN, liver, bone, lung | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 24 Gy, 3 fr |
Prostate, inguinal LNs | Mediastinal + retroperitoneal lesions | 6 months | Poly ICLC, DC vaccine |
PSA serum concentration |
Tsui et al. (2018) [68] |
65 | F | Melanoma | Maxillary gingiva + hard palate | Resection | Floor of mouth, right neck, lung, cervical LN | Immuno-therapy | 50 Gy, 20 fr |
Primary tumor | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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24 Gy, 3 fr |
Neck | Lung, mouth | 1 month | ||||||||||
van Gysen et al. (2018) [69] |
66 | F | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney (right) | Nephrectomy, TKI, immuno-therapy | Abdominal mass. retroperitoneal + peritoneal LNs, lung | Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (sunitinib, axitinib) | 36 Gy, 12 fr |
Abdominal mass | Lung | 1 month | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
|
Wight et al. (2018) [70] |
24 | M | Hodgkin lymphoma | Left axillary LN | BEAM conditioning (carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan) | lung, widespread lymph-adenopathy | BEAM conditioning (carmustine, etoposide, cytarabine, melphalan), immuno-therapy | 20 Gy | Right axillary LN | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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36 Gy | Infra-diaphrag-matic sites | Left pulmonary hilar, left parotid, right cervical nodal areas | 1.5 month | ||||||||||
Xu et al. (2018) [71] |
69 | M | Merkel cell carcinoma | Right upper back | Surgical excision, RT | LNs, peripancreatic abdominal mass, left adrenal nodule | Immuno-therapy | 50 Gy, 25 fr |
Right axilla, posterior chest wall | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
CK20 | ||
8 Gy, 1 fr |
Peripan-creatic abdominal mass, left adrenal nodule, omental nodule, enlarged para-aortic LNs | Hypermetabolic malignancy | 12 months | ||||||||||
72 | M | Merkel cell carcinoma | Left thigh | Surgical excision | Left inguinal adenopathy, bilateral inguinal LNs, supra-clavicular, mediastinal, hilar, upper abdominal nodal | Immuno-therapy | 8 Gy, 1 fr |
Mediastinal + right hilar LN | Upraclavicular + abdominal LN, mediastinum, bilateral hila, left inguinal region | 4 months | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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Zhao et al. (2018) [72] |
65 | M | Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) | Esoph-agus | Esophagec-tomy | LNs (left retro-peritoneal, pelvic) | Chemo-therapy (cisplatin, docetaxel), immuno-therapy | 42 Gy, 6 fr |
LNs (left retro-peritoneal) | Non -irradiated LN (pelvic) | 2 months | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
ctDNA, mutant allele frequency (MAF) |
Abbas et al. (2019) [73] |
69 | M | Urothelial carcinoma | Bladder | Chemo-therapy (gemcitabine, carboplatin) | Left internal iliac, para-aortic LN | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 12 fr |
Bladder left iliac LN | All sites | 4 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
History of tobacco use, PD-L1 |
Bitran et al. (2019) [74] |
62 | F | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung (left) | Chemo-therapy (carboplatin, pemetrexed) | Left adrenal | Chemo-therapy (carboplatin, pemetrexed), immuno-therapy | 27 Gy, 9 fr |
Left lung | Left adrenal | 7 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), hemoglobin |
Choi et al. (2019) [75] |
67 | M | Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) | Lower lip | Resection | Hilar nodes, liver, peritoneum, right parotid, right neck, mediastinum, left hilum, posterior neck subcutaneous tissue, lung, left adrenal | Immuno-therapy, cobimetinib | Post-operative | Resection margin | Atezolizumab (PDL1) |
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45 Gy, 5 fr |
Right sub-mandibular + neck nodes | Abdomen, chest | 13 months |
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D’Andrea et al. (2019) [76] |
42 | F | Melanoma | Right upper skin of back | Surgical excision | Upper-right retro pectoral region of chest wall, right ovary, brain axilla | Immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 15 fr |
Whole brain | Chest, axilla | 3 weeks | MAPK kinase (MEK) inhibitor | BRAF mutation, RBI mutation, ERCC1, MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, TUBB3, PDL-1, TrK A/B/C, MGMT expression |
Garelli et al. (2019) [77] |
54 | M | Pulmonary large cell neuro-endocrine carcinoma | Lung (right upper lobe) | Four cycles of chemotherapy (pemetrexed, cisplatin, bevacizumab) | Bilateral adrenal metastases | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Second + third thoracic vertebrae | Partial regression of lung tumor + adrenal metastases | 4 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
PD-L1, EGFR, or ALK mutations |
64 | M | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung (left upper lobe) | Nabpaclitaxel/carboplatin with atezolizumab | Contralateral LN, brain, ocular | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain | Complete remission of lung + mediastinal tumor masses | 4 months | Atezolizumab (PDL1) |
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70 | M | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung (middle lob) | n/a | LN, brain | Immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Brain | Partial regression of lung tumor | 2 weeks | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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Gounder et al. (2019) [78] |
25 | F | Chordoma | Sacrum | n/a | Lung | EZH2 inhibitor (tazemetostat) | 70 Gy, 35 fr |
Sacrum | Lung | 4 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Next-generation sequencing, tumor mutation burden |
Grimaux et al. (2019) [79] |
78 | M | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | Immuno-therapy | Pulmonary + costal metastasis, cutaneous, oral + genital blisters, | Immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Costal metastases | Lung | 1 month | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
|
Ishiyamal et al. (2019) [80] |
68 | F | Renal pelvic cancer | Left kidney | Nephroureterectomy + regional LN dissection, chemotherapy (cisplatin + gemcitabine) | Bladder, paraaortic LN, left subclavian LN, right renal hilum LN, left back (local recurrence in surrounding muscles) | Chemo-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Left back | Reductiomn 2 paraaortic LNs, right renal hilar LN | 2 months | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
|
Immuno-therapy | 2 non-irradiated lesions stable (paraaortic LN, right renal hilum LN) | 21 months | |||||||||||
Lin et al. (2019) [81] |
71 | M | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung (right lobe) | Chemo-therapy | Brain, right lower lung, left lower lobe | Chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 48 Gy, 8 fr |
Brain | Lung, LNs (mediastinum) | 4 months | Atezolizumab (PDL1) |
|
Liu et al. (2019) [82] |
52 | F | Intra-hepatic cholangio-carcinoma | Liver | RT | LN in hepatic hilar + retro-peritoneum | Aapatinib + lenvatinib | 55Gy, 5 fr |
Right hepatic lobe | LN in hepatic hilar + retroperitoneum | 1 month | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Whole-exome sequencing, tumor mutation burden, PD-L1, ERBB2, HBV infection |
59 | M | Intra-hepatic cholangio-carcinoma | Liver | Resection of middle hepatic lobe | Left + right lobes, hepatic hilar + retroperitoneal LN | Lapatinib | 52 Gy, 4 fr |
Right hepatic lobe | Hepatic hilar + retroperitoneal LN | 2 to 5 months | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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51 | M | Intra-hepatic cholangio-carcinoma | Liver | Resection in left hepatic lobe | Right lobe hepatic hilar + retro-peritoneal lymph node | Chemo-therapy, endostatin | 52 Gy, 4 fr |
Left hepatic lobe, left retroperitoneal LN | Intrahepatic LN | 1 month | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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Moran et al. (2019) [83] |
71 | M | Melanoma | Unknown | n/a | Lung, pelvis, omental mass, bilateral hilar nodes | Immuno-therapy | 50 Gy, 5 fr |
left lung | Pelvis | 1 month | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4), Nivolumab (PD-1) |
S100, Melan A, TTF1, P63, CK7/20, BRAF mutations |
Qin et al. (2019) [84] |
21 | M | Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s lymphoma | n/a | Different chemotherapy regimes | Multiple sites of adenopathy, osseous lesions | Chemo-therapy, stell cell trans-plantation, immuno-therapy | 20 Gy, 5 fr |
L2, left iliac crest | Complete response | 4 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
PD-L1 expression, gene mutations, tumor mutation burden, hemoglobin, alkaline phosphatase, telomere FISH |
34 | M | Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s lymphoma | n/a | Chemo-therapy (ICE) | Preaortic + pelvic LNs | Chemo-therapy (ICE), stell cell trans-plantation, immuno-therapy | 36 Gy, 20 fr |
Pelvic LNs | Complete response | 1 year | |||
23 | M | Nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s lymphoma | n/a | ABVD chemotherapy | Mediastinum, multiple LNs | ABVD chemo-therapy, immuno-therapy | 40 Gy, 20 fr |
Cervical + mediastinal LNs | Complete response | 5 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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Shinde et al. (2019) [85] |
75 | M | Head + neck squamous cell carcinoma | Left neck, hypo-pharynx + oropharynx | Immuno-therapy | Left lung | Immunotherapy | 14.8 Gy, 4 fr |
Neck | Lung | 2 weeks | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4), Nivolumab (PD-1) |
History of tobacco use |
13.2 Gy, 4 fr |
Margin | ||||||||||||
Suzuki et al. (2019) [86] |
30 | F | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Left kidney | Nephrectomy | Lung, right ovarian, pelvic + lumber vertebrae, hilar LN, mediastinal LNs, liver, left iliac bone | Sunitinib, axitinib | 60 Gy, 30 fr |
Mediastinal LNs | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
LDH levels | ||
35 Gy, 5 fr (brachy-therapy) |
Left iliac lesion left internal iliac LN | Lumbar vertebrae (L4) | 3 months | ||||||||||
Trommer et al. (2019) [87] |
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | Left thigh | Resection | Lung, paraaortal LN, brain | Immuno-therapy | 20 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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50 Gy, 2 fr |
Brain | Lung | 1 month | ||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | Left knee | Resection | Perirenal region, brain | Immuno-therapy | 40 Gy, 2 fr |
Whole brain | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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54 Gy, 3 fr |
Popliteal fossa + lower left leg, brain | Perirenal region | 1.5 month | ||||||||||
20 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain | ||||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Melanoma | n/a | n/a | Lung, brain | Immuno-therapy | 20 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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20 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain | ||||||||||||
20 Gy, 1 fr |
Brain | Lung | 5 weeks | ||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) | Lung | n/a | Suprarenal glands, brain, right femur, os. sacrum left os. ischiadicum | Immuno-therapy | 27 Gy, 3 fr; 20 Gy |
Brain | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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30 Gy, 3 fr |
Right femur | Suprarenal glands | 1 month | ||||||||||
30 Gy, 3 fr |
Os. sacrum, left os. ischiadicum | ||||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) | Lung | n/a | Cervival + left super-vlavicular, mediastinal Ln, left hilar, axillar LN, intracarinal LN | Immuno-therapy | 54 Gy, 2 fr |
Cervival + left supervlavicular | axillar LN | 6 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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n/a | n/a | Non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) | Lung | n/a | Supra- + infra-clavicular lymph drainage area, 3rd right rib, right iliac sacral joint, left inguinal, lung | Immuno-therapy | 50.4 Gy, 1.8 fr |
Supra- + infra-clavicular lymph drainage area | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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30 Gy, 3 fr |
3rd right rib, right iliac sacral joint, left inguinal | ||||||||||||
20 Gy, 1 fr |
Left occipital | Lung | 7 weeks | ||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Left os. ilium, left + right hip, right os. pubis, thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra, mediastinal LN, hilar, pleural | Immuno-therapy | 36 Gy, 3 fr |
Left os. ilium | mediastinal LN | 2 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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30 Gy, 3 fr |
Left + right hip, right os. pubis | ||||||||||||
30 Gy, 3 fr |
Thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra | ||||||||||||
Yaguchi et al. (2019) [88] |
63 | M | Pulmonary pleo-morphic carcinoma | Lung (right upper lobe) | Chemo-therapy (carboplatin, paclitaxel) | Brain, bone + pleural metastases | Chemo-therapy (carboplatin, paclitaxel), immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, NR | Right hip joint over right femur | Pleura, brain + bone | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
History of tobacco use, PD-L1 expression of tumor, EGFR mutation, ALK | |
Forner et al. (2020) [89] |
57 | M | Head + neck squamous cell carcinoma | Left frontal sinus + ethmoid sinuses | Resection, chemotherapy | Right lower lobe, left cervical LNs, subcarinal LN, extraconal intraorbital lesion | Chemo-therapy (cisplatin) | 66 Gy, 33 fr |
Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Medical history | |||
30 Gy, 5 fr |
Intraorbital mass | Thorax metastases, lung | 1 month | ||||||||||
Hori et al. (2020) [90] |
40 | F | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Left kidney | Nephrectomy | Lung, right supra-clavicular + para-aortic LN | Interferon-α, axitinib, everolimus, pazopanib | 30 or 40 Gy, 10 fr | Right supra-clavicular + para-aortic LN | Lung | 6 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
HLA class1, CD8, PD-L1 expression of tumor |
Igarashi et al. (2020) [91] |
74 | M | Melanoma | Maxilla | Maxillary resection | Cervical LNs, brain, spleen, liver | Immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Whole brain | Liver, spleen | 2 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
BRAF mutation |
Kuhara et al. (2020) [92] |
69 | F | Un-resectable gastric cancer (UGC) | Lower portion of stomach | Chemo-therapy (S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) + Herceptin (HER)) | Para-aortic, mediastinal, right iliac + Virchow LNs, bilateral subclavian + mediastinal LNs, left axillary LNH, peritoneal metastasis, left iliac, right diaphragm LN, left adrenal gland | Chemot-herapy (S-1 plus oxaliplatin (SOX) + Herceptin (HER)), immuno-therapy | 55 Gy, 22 fr |
Neck + mediastinum | Bilateral subclavian + mediastinal LNs | 13 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
EGF-2 |
50 Gy, 10 fr |
Left adrenal | Para-aortic, bilateral iliac, right diaphragm LNs | |||||||||||
Levitin et al. (2020) [93] |
83 | M | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Left kidney | Pazopanib, SBRT 40Gy, 5 fr |
Right lung left femur, brain, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, pelvis | Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (pazopanib), immuno-therapy | GKS 20 Gy |
Brain | Regression metastases | 2 years | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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Nakajima et al. (2020) [94] |
56 | F | Clear cell carcinoma | Kidney | Nephrectomy | Left lung hilum, subcutaneous + lung metastases, right renal, right iliac bone | Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (pazopanib, axitinib), immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Right iliac bone | Lung, right kidney, subcutaneous tissue | 5 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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Primary tumor | 9 months | ||||||||||||
Sohal et al. (2020) [95] |
66 | M | Melanoma | Right nasal cavity | RT | Left proximal humerus, upper thoracic spine, liver, lateral left fifth rib, third, eighth, eleventh thoracic vertebral bodies | Immuno-therapy | 25 Gy, 5 fr |
Nose | All metastasis | 4 months | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
Cancer history, transplantation history, BRAF, NRAS mutation |
Wang et al. (2020) [96] |
57 | M | Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) | Right upper lung | Resection, adjuvant RT, chemotherapy | Pancreas, metastatic nodules in left lower lobe | Chemo-therapy (gemcitabine, cisplatin) | 55 Gy, 25 fr |
Resection margin | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
PD-L1, ALK genetic status, history of tobacco use, whole-exome sequencing | ||
60.2 Gy, 28 fr | Pancreas | Left lung nodules | 1 month | ||||||||||
Watanabe et al. (2020) [97] |
69 | F | Melanoma (BRAF-wild-type) | Upper left leg | Resection, also sentinel LNs | Left groin LN, liver, muscle in upper left leg, left groin | Immuno-therapy, corticosteroids, adjuvant IFN-α therapy | 45 Gy, 3 fr |
Liver lesions | Left groin LN, liver, muscle in upper left leg, left groin | 8 weeks | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
CD8 cells, PD-1, PD-L1, TIM-3, LAG-3, TOX, IFN-γ, perforin, granzymes, IL-2, TNF-α, DCXCL9, CXCL10, CCL, CXCL13, IDO1, CD4+ Tregs, arginase, MHC I, MHC II, APCs, β2-microglobulin, Ki67, CD3+ cells, tumor burden, FoxP3, exhausted T cells, BRAF-mutation |
77 | M | Melanoma (BRAF-wild-type) | Right breast region | Resection, also sentinel lymphnodes | Liver, lung, abdominal LN | Immunotherapy | 45 Gy, 3 fr |
Liver metastases | Stable | 6 weeks | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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60 Gy, 8 fr |
LN, liver | Other liver lesions, lung | 1 month | ||||||||||
Hotta et al. (2021) [98] |
42 | F | Adeno-carcinoma (lung) | Lung (left upper lobe) | EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, steroid | Bone, brain, thoracic spine | EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, steroid | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Whole brain | Lung | 4 days | Atezolizumab (PDL1) |
EGFR. PD-L1, CEA |
36 Gy, 12 fr |
Thoracic spine | Lung | 2 weeks | ||||||||||
Mampuya et al. (2021) [99] |
72 | M | Malignant pleural mesothe-lioma | Right lung | Chemo-therapy (carboplatin, pemetrexed),VEGF-A inhibitor (bevacizumab) | Para-mediastinal + retro-pharyngeal lesions | Chemo-therapy (carboplatin, pemetrexed),VEGF-A inhibitor (bevacizumab), immuno-therapy | 30 Gy, 10 fr |
Para-mediastinal lesions | Right lung | 3 months | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
Medical history, PD-L1, tumorinfiltrating CD3 T cells, CD8 T cells |
Wong et al. (2021) [100] |
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Lung | Immuno-therapy | 55 Gy, 20 fr |
Lung | Lung | n/a | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4), Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Femur, rib | 25 Gy, 5 fr |
Femur, rib | Nephrectomy bed | n/a | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4), Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Lung, adrenal | 36 Gy, 3 fr |
Lung | Lung, several lesions | n/a | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4), Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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30 Gy, 5 fr |
Adrenal | Lung | |||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Brain, intramuscular | GKS 25Gy | Brain | Intramuscular | n/a | Ipilimumab (CTLA-4), Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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55 | F | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Femur, pubic bone, liver | 8 Gy, 1 fr | Femur | Liver, several lesions | n/a | Pembrolizumab (PD-1) |
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27 Gy, 3 fr |
Pubic bone | ||||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Lung | 54 Gy, 3 fr |
Lung | Lung, several lesions | n/a | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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42 Gy, 5 fr |
Lung | ||||||||||||
25 Gy, 5 fr |
Lung | ||||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Lung | 50 Gy, 20 fr |
Lung | Lung | n/a | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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48 Gy, 3 fr |
Lung | ||||||||||||
48 Gy, 3 fr |
Lung | ||||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Femur, lliac bone, brain, lung | 20 Gy, 5 fr |
Femur | Lung, several lesions | n/a | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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24 Gy, 3 fr |
Iliac bone | ||||||||||||
GKS 25 Gy | Brain | ||||||||||||
n/a | n/a | Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) | Kidney | n/a | Iliac bone, spine, lung | 27 Gy, 3 fr |
Iliac bone | Lung, several lesions | n/a | Nivolumab (PD-1) |
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24 Gy, 3 fr |
Spine | Kidney |
Abbreviations: M: male; F: female; n/a: not available; RT: radiotherapy; LN: lymph nodes; fr: fractions; CTLA-4: cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4; ALC: Absolute lymphocyte counts; AEC: absolute eosinophil counts; TIA-1: TIA1 Cytotoxic Granule Associated RNA Binding Protein; Tregs: regulatory T cells; CK: cytokeratin; TTF-1: thyroid transcription factor 1; CDX2: Caudal Type Homeobox 2; CEA: carcinoembryonic antigen; MEGA3: Melanoma antigen A3; PASD1: PAS domain containing 1; DC-CIK: cytokine-induced killer cells; PD-1: programmed cell death protein 1; DC: dendritic cell; CA 19-9: carbohydrate antigen 19-9; ctDNA: circulating tumor DNA, NGS: next generation sequencing; PD-L1: PD-1 receptor-ligand 1; MSI-H: high levels of microsatellite instability; CA-125: cancer antigen 125; GM-CSF: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; MAF: mutant allele frequency; EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor; ALK: anaplastic lymphoma kinase; FISH: fluorescent in situ hybridization; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; EGF: epidermal growth factor; TIM-3: T cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3; LAG-3: lymphocyte-activation gene 3; TOX: thymocyte selection-associated high mobility group box protein; IFN-γ: interferon gamma; TNF-α: tumor necrosis factor alpha; MHC: major histocompatibility complex; APC: antigen-presenting cells.