Conversion from Positive to Negative EGFR Mutation due to Clonal Selection during Long-Term Treatment with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A Case Report

A 77-year-old woman with postoperative recurrent non-small cell lung adenocarcinoma, which exhibited an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) L858R mutation, was treated with gefitinib and erlotinib. Seven years after the start of treatment, the patient experienced a recurrence of malignant pleural effusion. However, 3 different genetic tests revealed that the lung adenocarcinoma cells in the pleural effusion had lost EGFR L858R mutation, suggesting that long-term treatment with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) converted EGFR mutation from positive to negative. The negative conversion of EGFR mutation as a mechanism of acquired resistance to EGFR-TKIs is considered rare and needs to be further investigated.

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Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Conversion from Positive to Negative EGFR Mutation due to Clonal Selection during Long-Term Treatment with Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A Case Report ; volume:14 ; number:3 ; year:2021 ; pages:1447-1453 ; extent:7
Case reports in oncology ; 14, Heft 3 (2021), 1447-1453 (gesamt 7)

Creator
Ueda, Masatomo
Namba, Masashi
Tokumo, Kentaro
Senoo, Tadashi
Okamoto, Wataru
Yamauchi, Masami
Hattori, Noboru
Sugiyama, Kazuhiko

DOI
10.1159/000518246
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022011223431951082544
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  • Ueda, Masatomo
  • Namba, Masashi
  • Tokumo, Kentaro
  • Senoo, Tadashi
  • Okamoto, Wataru
  • Yamauchi, Masami
  • Hattori, Noboru
  • Sugiyama, Kazuhiko

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