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A successful pembrolizumab treatment case of lung adenocarcinoma after becoming resistant to ALK-TKI treatment due to G1202R mutation.
Respiratory investigation - 1 Jul 2018
Shimada Masahiro, Tamura Atsuhisa, Yokosuka Kyoko, Kusaka Kei, Matsui Hirotoshi, Nagai Hideaki, Ohta Ken
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BACKGROUND: In current guidelines, the role of immune checkpoint inhibitors is not yet determined in the treatment strategy for NSCLC harboring ALK translocations. CASE: A 51-year-old woman with lung adenocarcinoma harboring ALK translocation was treated with alectinib until PD. After the second (CDDP/PEM) and third (crizotinib) line treatment, a second biopsy was performed, revealing PD-L1 tumor proportion score...
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