Dissociated response related to corticosteroids in lung cancer treated by immunotherapy: A case report

Abstract

We report the case of a patient with a complete metastatic adrenal response on Pembrolizumab for metastatic lung cancer. Treatment with a systemic corticosteroid-induced a time-dependent progression at his metastatic site. Surprisingly, after stopping the corticosteroid, we observed a new complete response in long-term adrenal metastases.