EML4-ALK Rearrangement as a Mechanism of Resistance to Osimertinib in Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report

Osimertinib, a third-generation EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is the preferred frontline therapy for EGFR-mutant advanced NSCLC. However, despite its high initial response rates, multiple EGFR-independent mechanisms of resistance have been reported in patients receiving osimertinib. One such mecha...

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Main Authors: Xinyu von Buttlar, MD, MS, Joshua E. Reuss, MD, Stephen V. Liu, MD, Chul Kim, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:JTO Clinical and Research Reports
Subjects:
ALK
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666364321000382