CASE REPORT: PATIENT WITH METASTATIC CERVICAL CANCER TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY COMBINED WITH AN IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR

Tuấn Anh Phạm 1,, Tiến Quang Nguyễn 1, Hữu Thắng Nguyễn 2
1 k hospital
2 HMU

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Abstract

In the era of immunotherapy, the combination of chemotherapy and Pembrolizumab has become the new standard treatment in recurrent and metastatic cervical cancer. We report a case of a 62-year-old female patient diagnosed with FIGO IVB cervical cancer who was treated with this regimen and achieved impressive results.

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