Are there any preferred chemotherapy regimens for Stage IV NUT carcinoma?
Is there any role of radiation therapy for these patient for symptomatic relief?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Community Practice
We have a current stage IV NUT carcinoma patient. With permission, I am paraphrasing my discussions with Drs. Christopher French and Dr. Geoffrey Shapiro from Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
There is no "standard" first-line chemotherapy regimen. However, in fit patients, the current recommenda...
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
Any directed debulking therapy - surgical or RT - always more certain than systemic therapy. I would not entertain IO alone however, chemo-IO is not unreasonable based on case reports. Mechanistically, I struggle to believe IO to be a key component of the regimen, given these tend to be genomically ...