Paclitaxel for Lung Cancer: 85 Real Stories

Aggressive Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Tumor Extension Into the Heart

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 50s

Biomarkers: PD-L1 high

The cancer progressed rapidly despite treatment, and he died 3 months after diagnosis and 2 months after starting chemotherapy and pembrolizumab.

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Stage I Pleomorphic Lung Cancer Recurring With Bone Metastasis Within Five Months

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: PD-L1 high; no detected driver mutation

Metastatic Site: bone

PET-CT in December 2024 showed a partial response. As of February 2025, he remained on sintilimab and bevacizumab maintenance with about 9 months of progression-free survival after recurrence treatment.

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Lung Cancer Responds to Chemo-Immunotherapy Despite a Benign Liver Pseudotumor

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s

After immunotherapy was stopped, follow-up scans continued to show a partial response in the lung cancer, and he remained clinically stable at the latest follow-up.

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Metastatic lung squamous cell carcinoma: no recurrence after chemoimmunotherapy and pembrolizumab maintenance

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: EGFR exon 19 deletion; PD-L1 TPS 95%; TTF-1-negative; p40-positive

Metastatic Site: mediastinal lymph nodes; bilateral lung nodules

As of April 2025, PET/CT 3 years after treatment initiation showed no sign of recurrence after carboplatin, nab-paclitaxel, pembrolizumab, and 2 years of pembrolizumab monotherapy.

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Stage IV squamous lung cancer: partial response complicated by pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 60s | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: distant sites not specified (M1c1)

As of April 2025, tumor imaging showed partial remission/significant reduction, and the pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm was successfully embolized with no recurrent hemoptysis over 6 months.

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Stage 4 SMARCA4-deficient lung cancer: ongoing treatment response

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: SMARCA4-deficient lung cancer with BRG-1 loss, CK/CK7 positive, Ki-67 >40%. CEA

Metastatic Site: sigmoid colon, left adrenal gland

After colon metastasis surgery, continued radiotherapy, and later gemcitabine/nedaplatin/bevacizumab/camrelizumab for adrenal metastasis, the cancer showed a favorable response with no further recurrence or new metastasis reported.

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Stage II Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Complicated by Immunotherapy-Induced Cutaneous Lupus

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage II

Imaging showed a treatment response. After radical radiotherapy, camrelizumab was discontinued because of immune-mediated subacute cutaneous lupus, and the lung cancer was placed under active monitoring.

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Stage 3 squamous cell lung cancer: complete remission on tislelizumab monotherapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 70+ | Stage III

Biomarkers: Squamous lung cancer markers: P40 positive, TTF-1/Napsin A negative, Ki-67 75%. PD-1/PD-L1 testing was not done.

As of April 2024, enhanced CT, tumor-marker decline, and clinical assessment supported complete remission by iRECIST after chemoimmunotherapy and tislelizumab monotherapy.

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Metastatic Lung Cancer With Pulmonary Embolism, Cardiac Tamponade, and Recurrent Stroke

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 70+ | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: leptomeninges

After the lung cancer was diagnosed, she developed leptomeningeal metastases and recurrent ischemic strokes and died the following month.

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EGFR-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma That Transformed to Small Cell Lung Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 40s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: EGFR exon 19 deletion; acquired EGFR T790M mutation

Metastatic Site: liver

The cancer progressed after transformation to small cell lung cancer, and she died 49 months after the original diagnosis.

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Stage 4 lung adenocarcinoma with RET fusion responding to pralsetinib

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: RET fusion

Metastatic Site: pleura

As of March 2025, he had recovered from grade 3 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, restarted pralsetinib, and had no progressive disease or recurrence of adverse events over 13 months.

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Fatal Multiorgan Failure After Pembrolizumab-Based Treatment for Metastatic Lung Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, female | Stage IV

She died less than 12 hours after hospital presentation with rapidly progressive multiorgan failure one week after the first pembrolizumab-based treatment cycle; immune-related toxicity was strongly suspected, although the rapid decline limited full evaluation.

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Treating Lung Adenocarcinoma Alongside a Separate Esophageal Cancer

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s

Biomarkers: PD-L1 negative; ALK negative; no mutations detected on lung-cancer testing

By July 2024, the lung lesion remained in partial response and he was alive 36 months after the synchronous cancer diagnoses, eating well and gaining weight.

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ALK-Fusion Small Cell Lung Cancer Responding to ALK-Targeted Therapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, female, 40s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: EML4-ALK fusion

Metastatic Site: brain

After several earlier treatments stopped controlling the cancer, ALK-targeted iruplinalkib produced a partial response and was still controlling disease after more than 8 months.

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Stage IV Squamous Lung Cancer Complicated by an Esophageal-Mediastinal Fistula

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 70+ | Stage IV

Metastatic Site: brain, bone

Four months after the fistula was treated conservatively, imaging showed the fistula had resolved and the lung tumor and metastatic hilar nodes had decreased despite no additional antitumor treatment during that interval.

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Therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia during lung cancer treatment

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 70+

Biomarkers: Therapy-related APL with t and PML/RARA fusion; CD33 positive

The patient died 6 hours after symptom onset on day 6 of induction therapy for therapy-related acute promyelocytic leukemia.

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Stage IIB squamous cell lung cancer: pathological complete response after chemo-immunotherapy and surgery

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 60s | Stage II

Biomarkers: PD-L1 >85%; P40-positive; TTF-1-negative; CEA 1.2 ng/mL; cytokeratin 19 fragments 1.7 ng/mL; pro-gastrin-releasing peptide 54 pg/mL

No recurrence for 1 year and 7 months without further treatment after transbronchoscopic resection, pembrolizumab-based chemoimmunotherapy, pneumonitis management, and sleeve resection showing pathological complete response.

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Stage 3 squamous cell lung cancer: major response to chemo-immunotherapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 70+ | Stage III

Biomarkers: PD-L1 30-40%

After neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy and sleeve right lower lobectomy, pathology showed major pathological response with negative margins, and no metastasis or recurrence was observed 6 months after surgery.

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Long-Lasting Pembrolizumab Response in Stage III Lung Adenocarcinoma With STK11, TP53 and RB1 Mutations

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 60s | Stage III

Biomarkers: TP53 and RB1 mutations; high tumor mutational burden; PD-L1 70%

Pembrolizumab produced a partial response within 3 months, improved his breathing and fatigue, and was continued for more than 2 years without significant immune-related toxicity.

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Stage IIIA squamous lung cancer: surgery after nivolumab-related complications

Patient Info: Anonymized, Female, 70+ | Stage II

Biomarkers: PD-L1 TPS 99% before treatment; PD-L1 TPS 70% in postoperative hilar lymph node; TPOAb and TgAb normal during thyroiditis workup

As of January 2025, the patient had no recurrence 7 months after neoadjuvant nivolumab/carboplatin/paclitaxel and 5 months after thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy with lymph node dissection.

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Stage IVA pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma with nasal and bone metastases: response after paclitaxel, carboplatin, and tislelizumab

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: PD-L1 15%

Metastatic Site: nasal region/skin; bone (left acromion)

The lung tumor and nasal metastasis regressed after paclitaxel/carboplatin plus tislelizumab, symptoms improved, no immune-related pneumonitis/colitis/hepatitis occurred, and progression-free survival exceeded 12 months.

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Stage 4 lung cancer: complete response to chemoimmunotherapy and surgery

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 50s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: EGFR exon 20 duplication with PD-L1 TPS 70%; P40/CK5/6 positive squamous markers; Ki-67 60%.

Metastatic Site: right adrenal gland; possible adjacent…

As of May 7, 2024, CT follow-up showed no evidence of disease after chemoimmunotherapy, conversion surgery with pathologic complete response, and pembrolizumab maintenance.

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ROS1-Positive Stage III Lung Adenocarcinoma With Pathologic Complete Response

Patient Info: Anonymized, male, 40s | Stage III

Biomarkers: ROS1 fusion-positive

Surgery found no residual cancer cells or involved lymph nodes, and no recurrence was detected during 10 months of crizotinib treatment and follow-up.

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Stage IV lung cancer: brain metastasis complete response after chemoimmunotherapy

Patient Info: Anonymized, Male, 60s | Stage IV

Biomarkers: KRAS-mutated; BRG-1 partial loss; PD-L1 TPS 5%; CPS 20

Metastatic Site: brain (right cerebellar hemisphere)

The right cerebellar brain metastasis completely resolved and chest CT showed only postsurgical changes after carrelizumab plus paclitaxel/carboplatin; immune-mediated adrenal insufficiency improved with systemic glucocorticoids.

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