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Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma, Harboring Both an EGFR Mutation and ALK Rearrangement, Presenting a Stable Disease to Erlotinib and a Partial Response to Alectinib.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 15 Aug 2018
Yokoyama Akira, Tamura Atsuhisa, Miyakawa Kazuko, Kusaka Kei, Shimada Masahiro, Hirose Takashi, Matsui Hirotoshi, Kitani Masashi, Hebisawa Akira, Ohta Ken
Abstract excerpt
A 63-year-old woman with pulmonary adenocarcinoma (stage IIIB) that was positive for an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation and an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement was treated with erlotinib as the first-line treatment, resulting in a stable disease. Due to skin rashes, fatigue and anorexia, erlotinib was suspended on erlotinib day 44. Alectinib was administered as the second-line...
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