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Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report
EGFR mutations are the most important drivers of gene alterations in lung adenocarcinomas and are sensitive to EGFR-TKIs. However, resistance to EGFR-TKIs is inevitable in the majority of EGFR-mutated lung cancer patients. Numerous resistant mechanisms have been revealed to date, and more are still...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9403890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36033496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.937282 |
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author | Li, Yan Xu, Ziyi Xie, Tongji Xing, Puyuan Ying, Jianming Li, Junling |
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description | EGFR mutations are the most important drivers of gene alterations in lung adenocarcinomas and are sensitive to EGFR-TKIs. However, resistance to EGFR-TKIs is inevitable in the majority of EGFR-mutated lung cancer patients. Numerous resistant mechanisms have been revealed to date, and more are still under investigation. Owing to the selective pressure, intratumoral heterogeneity may exist after resistance, especially in patients after multiple lines of treatment. For those patients, it is important to choose therapies focused on the trunk/major clone of the tumor in order to achieve optimal clinical benefit. Here, we will report an EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma patient with heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms including EGFR amplification, large fragment deletion of RB1, and histological transformations after targeted treatments. In our case, EGFR amplification seemed to be the major clone of the resistant mechanism according to the next-generation sequencing (NGS) results of both liquid biopsy monitoring and tissue biopsies. In consideration of the high EGFR amplification level, the patient was administered by combination treatment with EGFR-TKI plus nimotuzumab, an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody (mAb), and achieved a certain degree of clinical benefit. Our case sheds light on the treatment of EGFR-mutant patients with EGFR amplification and indicates that a combination of EGFR-TKI with anti-EGFR mAb might be one of the possible treatment options based on genetic tests. Moreover, the decision on therapeutic approaches should focus on the major clone of the tumor and should make timely adjustments according to the dynamic changes of genetic characteristics during treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-94038902022-08-26 Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report Li, Yan Xu, Ziyi Xie, Tongji Xing, Puyuan Ying, Jianming Li, Junling Front Oncol Oncology EGFR mutations are the most important drivers of gene alterations in lung adenocarcinomas and are sensitive to EGFR-TKIs. However, resistance to EGFR-TKIs is inevitable in the majority of EGFR-mutated lung cancer patients. Numerous resistant mechanisms have been revealed to date, and more are still under investigation. Owing to the selective pressure, intratumoral heterogeneity may exist after resistance, especially in patients after multiple lines of treatment. For those patients, it is important to choose therapies focused on the trunk/major clone of the tumor in order to achieve optimal clinical benefit. Here, we will report an EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma patient with heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms including EGFR amplification, large fragment deletion of RB1, and histological transformations after targeted treatments. In our case, EGFR amplification seemed to be the major clone of the resistant mechanism according to the next-generation sequencing (NGS) results of both liquid biopsy monitoring and tissue biopsies. In consideration of the high EGFR amplification level, the patient was administered by combination treatment with EGFR-TKI plus nimotuzumab, an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody (mAb), and achieved a certain degree of clinical benefit. Our case sheds light on the treatment of EGFR-mutant patients with EGFR amplification and indicates that a combination of EGFR-TKI with anti-EGFR mAb might be one of the possible treatment options based on genetic tests. Moreover, the decision on therapeutic approaches should focus on the major clone of the tumor and should make timely adjustments according to the dynamic changes of genetic characteristics during treatment. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9403890/ /pubmed/36033496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.937282 Text en Copyright © 2022 Li, Xu, Xie, Xing, Ying and Li https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Oncology Li, Yan Xu, Ziyi Xie, Tongji Xing, Puyuan Ying, Jianming Li, Junling Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report |
title | Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report |
title_full | Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report |
title_fullStr | Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report |
title_short | Heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an EGFR-TKI relapsed patient with EGFR amplification and response to nimotuzumab: A case report |
title_sort | heterogeneity of resistant mechanisms in an egfr-tki relapsed patient with egfr amplification and response to nimotuzumab: a case report |
topic | Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9403890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36033496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.937282 |
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