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Ceritinib Treatment for Carcinomatous Meningitis with a Secondary Mutation at I1171T in Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2018
Ashinuma Hironori, Shingyoji Masato, Hasegawa Yuzo, Yokoi Sana, Yoshida Yasushi
Abstract excerpt
The mechanisms underlying anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) resistance have not been well investigated in clinical practice. We herein report the case of a lung cancer patient with carcinomatous meningitis who had an ALK I1171T resistance mutation revealed by direct DNA sequencing of the cerebrospinal fluid after treatment with cytotoxic chemotherapy, crizotinib, and alectinib. I1171T is considered to be sensitive...
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