Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Biopsy, Therapeutic response unexpected
Clinical narrative: I jokingly believe that your COVID vaccine cures cancer; This spontaneous case was reported by a patient and describes the occurrence of THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE UNEXPECTED (I jokingly believe that your COVID vaccine cures cancer) in a male patient of an unknown age who received mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (batch no. UNKNOWN) for COVID-19 vaccination.     The patient's past medical history included Colon cancer stage IV (I had surgery to remove about 2 feet of my colon and underwent 12 rounds of chemo therapy) in 2016, Metastases to liver, Metastasis in lung, Colectomy, Liver resection and Lung wedge resection. Previously administered products included for Product used for unknown indication: IRINOTECAN and Oxaliplatin. Past adverse reactions to the above products included No adverse effect with IRINOTECAN; and Peripheral neuropathy with Oxaliplatin.    On an unknown date, the patient received dose of mRNA-1273 (Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine) (Intramuscular use) 1 dosage form. On an unknown date, the patient experienced THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE UNEXPECTED (I jokingly believe that your COVID vaccine cures cancer). At the time of the report, THERAPEUTIC RESPONSE UNEXPECTED (I jokingly believe that your COVID vaccine cures cancer) outcome was unknown.      DIAGNOSTIC RESULTS (normal ranges are provided in parenthesis if available): On an unknown date, Biopsy: confirmed that the cancer had metastasized to my lungs.         No concomitant medications were reported.  The patient developed severe neuropathy in his hands and feet, also had a relapse in 2018, a few spots on his liver, one-third of his liver was removed, and underwent additional rounds of chemo (irinotecan). The patient had a difficult time with the second chemo and had to stop after 6 rounds rather than completing the 8 rounds that were scheduled. In late 2020, there were three nodules spotted on my lungs - 2 on the right lobe, 1 on the left lobe. The nodules were too small to test via biopsy, so instead, they did a wedge removal surgery for the nodules and then biopsied them after the surgery (right lung was done in Dec-2020 and the left in Mar-2021).  The patient had no additional chemo or immunotherapy treatments after this surgery. However, four days after the surgery in March, the patient received the first COVID-19 shot and had been religious about getting the next dose whenever it was recommended through the medical system.  The patient received 12 doses of the vaccine, and the chart was showing that he would schedule another dose in early February. Immediately after the surgery, the patient had follow-up CT scans every three months and then was on a 6-month schedule. He was headed into my 9th year since having been diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and had been completely cancer-free since 2021 (almost 4 years) after the last surgery. The only medical treatment that he had not related to the cancer was the COVID-19 vaccines. The patient had no idea if your vaccine was contributing to the non-recurrence of his colon cancer but couldn't help but think that there was some positive benefit.  No treatment medications were reported.