Complete and durable response to immune checkpoint inhibitor in a patient with refractory and metastatic hepatoblastoma.

We herein report the case of a girl with PRETEXT III hepatoblastoma (HB) developing recurrent lung metastases despite multiple chemotherapy regimens, aggressive tumor excision, multiple lung metastasectomies, and autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. High tumor mutation burden (TMB) was identified through targeted next-generation sequencing, and pembrolizumab was administered post-operatively as a last resort. A complete and sustained response to the immune checkpoint inhibitor was achieved for 22 months. Although the majority of HB have a low TMB, immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy may be useful for patients with refractory HBs with a high TMB.

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Hsin-Lien Tsai, Yi-Chen Yeh, Ting-Yen Yu, Chih-Ying Lee, Giun-Yi Hung, Yi-Ting Yeh, Chin-Su Liu, Hsiu-Ju Yen. Complete and durable response to immune checkpoint inhibitor in a patient with refractory and metastatic hepatoblastoma. Pediatric hematology and oncology. 2021 May;38(4):385-390

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