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Rapid and dramatic response to alectinib in an anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearranged non-small-cell lung cancer patient who is critically ill.
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Anticancer Drugs2016PMID 26938871stubpubmedProvenance
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- cancerLung Non-Small Cell Carcinomacivic_curation1.00
- drugAlectinibcivic_curation1.00
- geneALKcivic_curation1.00
- variantALK Fusioncivic_curation1.00
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| Therapy | Cancer | Type | Level | Direction · significance | Rating (1–5) | Status | Evidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALK Fusion1 | ||||||||
| Alectinib | Lung Non-Small Cell CarcinomaCURATED_BROADER | Predictive | C | Supports Sensitivity Response | 3 | accepted | EID1273In this case study of a critically ill 29 year old male nonsmoker with advanced metastatic ALK-positive NSCLC, alectinib (CH5424802), was administered as first line treatment. Where most clinical tria… (full text at CIViC) PMID 26938871 · Yoshida et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC | civic |