BACKGROUND Tyrosine kinase inhibitors(TKI)have been the standard first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)of epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)sensitive mutations.Uncommon EGFR mutations ar...BACKGROUND Tyrosine kinase inhibitors(TKI)have been the standard first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)of epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)sensitive mutations.Uncommon EGFR mutations are increasingly reported with the development of next-generation sequencing.However,their sensitivity to TKIs is variable with limited clinical evidence.CASE SUMMARY Here,we report a patient with the rare delE709_T710insD mutation,who showed the favorable efficacy of dacomitinib and achieved a partial response with a progression-free survival of 7.0 mo.CONCLUSION To our knowledge,this is the first report displaying the clinical efficacy of dacomitinib for patients with delE709_T710insD,which may help to provide alternatives in non-classical variant NSCLC patients.Further studies are warranted to make the optimal choice of EGFR-TKI for rare mutations.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Tyrosine kinase inhibitors(TKI)have been the standard first-line therapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC)of epidermal growth factor receptor(EGFR)sensitive mutations.Uncommon EGFR mutations are increasingly reported with the development of next-generation sequencing.However,their sensitivity to TKIs is variable with limited clinical evidence.CASE SUMMARY Here,we report a patient with the rare delE709_T710insD mutation,who showed the favorable efficacy of dacomitinib and achieved a partial response with a progression-free survival of 7.0 mo.CONCLUSION To our knowledge,this is the first report displaying the clinical efficacy of dacomitinib for patients with delE709_T710insD,which may help to provide alternatives in non-classical variant NSCLC patients.Further studies are warranted to make the optimal choice of EGFR-TKI for rare mutations.
