Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases in a Patient with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring EGFR T790M Mutation

Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases in a Patient with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Harboring EGFR T790M Mutation

Background: Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is an uncommon complication in patients with solid tumors, associated with poor survival. However, LM appears to be more frequent in lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations, posing a unique clinical challenge to treating physicians. Case Presentation: We r...

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Main Authors: Hardy Niu, Junle Zhou, Harvinder Maan, Maurie Markman, Jiaxin Niu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2017-09-01
Series:Case Reports in Oncology
Subjects:
Lung cancer
Leptomeningeal metastasis
EGFR mutation
T790M
Liquid biopsy
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/480452

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