Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for relapsed and refractory thyroid cancer

Exp Hematol Oncol. 2022 Sep 22;11(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s40164-022-00311-z.

Abstract

The prognosis of most thyroid cancer patients is excellent, but for those with advanced or metastatic thyroid cancer, effective treatments are still lacking. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy has gained remarkable achievements in hematologic malignancy but shown limited efficacy in solid tumors. In this report, we showed a relapsed and refractory thyroid cancer patient treated with TSHR + CD19 CAR-T, a combination of two 2nd generation CAR-T molecules targeting both TSHR and CD19. This patient finally achieved partial remission at 3 months and was tolerate well to the regimen. Our study suggested that the CAR-T therapy could be a feasible way in treating relapsed and refractory thyroid cancer.

Keywords: CAR-T; Relapsed and refractory; TSHR; Thyroid cancer.

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