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SUBMITTER: Occhipinti M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5720992 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Occhipinti Mario M Falcone Rosa R Onesti Concetta Elisa CE Botticelli Andrea A Mazzuca Federica F Marchetti Paolo P Lauro Salvatore S
Journal of thoracic disease 20171101 11
ROS1+ patients represent a unique molecular subset of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Early phase clinical trials have shown a high response rate to crizotinib in these patients. We describe a case of an 18 years old woman, never smoker, with NSCLC <i>ROS1+</i> and miliary brain metastases treated with crizotinib and radiotherapy. From October 2014 to June 2015 the Patient was treated with crizotinib. The first intracranial time to progression (IT-TTP) occurred after 7 months; the patient un ...[more]