Rectal metastasis in Lung cancer: A case report and review of the literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 148 (12) ◽  
pp. 108-114
Author(s):  
Trinh Le Huy ◽  
Pham Duy Manh

Gastrointestinal metastasis in lung cancer is not commonly encountered clinically, of which rectal involvement is a sporadic event. There were few reports about rectal metastasis in lung cancer. All of them had a dismal prognosis. We report a case of synchronous rectal metastasis in a lung cancer patient with a different clinical scenario, treatment, and prognosis. The patient presented with infrequent hematochezia due to a rectal mass confirmed as adenocarcinoma on core biopsy. Computer tomography showed many nodules in both lungs, which raised the initial diagnosis of pulmonary metastasis in rectal cancer. However, we decided to perform immunohistochemistry on the rectal biopsy specimen, which, surprisingly, revealed the site of origin was from the lung. Subsequently, next gene sequencing was performed and detected an exon 19 deletion on the EGFR gene. Though he had infrequent hematochezia, we decided to treat him with Erlotinib (a first-generation TKI) and closely monitored the rectal symptoms. Six months later, he achieved a complete response of both lung and rectal lesions. At present, he has been progression-free for 14 months. Thus, physicians should always be aware of this differential diagnosis in synchronous tumors and carefully consider the optimal treatment to start.

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 8023-8023
Author(s):  
B. Massuti ◽  
T. Morán ◽  
R. Porta ◽  
C. Queralt ◽  
F. Cardenal ◽  
...  

8023 Background: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of erlotinib and the feasibility of screening for EGFR mutations in advanced NSCLC p (chemonaive or relapsed after 2 prior chemotherapy regimens). Methods: Exon 19 deletions and L858R mutations in tumor and paired serum DNA were assessed in one central laboratory, using three different techniques. Results: From April 2005 to December 2008, 2507 p were screened. EGFR mutations were detected in 358 p; 217 were entered on the trial: 158 (72.8%) female; 148 (68.2%) never-smokers; 176 (81.1%) adenocarcinoma; 134 (62.3%) exon 19 deletion, 83 (37.7%) L858R mutation; 112 (51.6%) first-line, 104 (48.4%) second-line. Response in 139/197 evaluable p (70.6%); complete response (CR) in 24 p (12.2%). Odds ratio for response: 3 for p with exon 19 deletion (P=0.001). Time to progression (TTP): 14 months (m). Median survival (MS): 27 m. MS according to response shown in table. Cox model for TTP showed that male gender (hazard ratio [HR], 2.3; P=0.001), L858R mutation (HR, 1.8; P=0.008), and mutated EGFR in serum (HR,1.6; P=0.03) had a negative impact. Conclusions: A multicenter study of customized erlotinib, using a central screening laboratory, is feasible and shows the outstanding benefit to p for selecting erlotinib treatment based on EGFR mutation status. The SLCG has initiated a randomized trial of first-line erlotinib vs chemotherapy. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-334
Author(s):  
Fedor Moiseenko ◽  
Vladislav Tyurin ◽  
Nikita Levchenko ◽  
Yevgeniy Levchenko ◽  
Aglaya Ievleva ◽  
...  

A patient with lung cancer carrying ROS1 translocation was treated by crizotinib and then subjected to surgery. Morphological analysis revealed pathologic complete response in surgically removed tissues, while PCR test provided convincing evidence for the presence of residual tumor cells. PCR analysis of lung cancer specific gene translocations allows carrying out highly sensitive and reliable monitoring of tumor disease during the course of treatment.


2021 ◽  
pp. 107815522110191
Author(s):  
Pinar Gursoy

Introduction Most patients with non-small-cell lung cancer tumors that have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations have deletion mutations in exon 19 or exon 21, or both.In recent years, targeted therapies in lung cancer have increased survival, but the development of resistance to these drugs poses a major problem. Thesubstitution of methionineforthreonine at position 790 (T790M) mutation,is primarily responsible for this resistance. However, after osimertinib used in T790M positivepatients treatment options are generally limited to chemotherapy. Case report We reported the efficacy of erlotinib, which we reapplied due to the disappearance of the resistance mutation after osimertinib in a 68-year-old patient using osimertinib after erlotinib. Management and outcome: In the patient using erlotinib due to exon 19 deletion when progression was observed and T790M positivity was detected, osimertinib treatment was initiated. However, when T790M was found to be negative with rebiopsy in progression after osimertinib, a complete response was achieved by restarting erlotinib. Discussion The strategy of restarting erlotinib treatment with negative T790M mutation detected in biopsies of patients with osimertinib resistance may be an acceptable treatment option.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1634
Author(s):  
Lavinia Monaco ◽  
Maria Gemelli ◽  
Irene Gotuzzo ◽  
Matteo Bauckneht ◽  
Cinzia Crivellaro ◽  
...  

Immune-checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been proven to have great efficacy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) as single agents or in combination therapy, being capable to induce deep and durable remission. However, severe adverse events may occur and about 40% of patients do not benefit from the treatment. Predictive factors of response to ICIs are needed in order to customize treatment. The aim of this study is to evaluate the correlation between quantitative positron emission tomography (PET) parameters defined before starting ICI therapy and responses to treatment and patient outcome. We retrospectively analyzed 92 NSCLC patients treated with nivolumab, pembrolizumab or atezolizumab. Basal PET/computed tomography (CT) scan parameters (whole-body metabolic tumor volume—wMTV, total lesion glycolysis—wTLG, higher standardized uptake volume maximum and mean—SUVmax and SUVmean) were calculated for each patient and correlated with outcomes. Patients who achieved disease control (complete response + partial response + stable disease) had significantly lower MTV median values than patients who had not (progressive disease) (77 vs. 160.2, p = 0.039). Furthermore, patients with MTV and TLG values lower than the median values had improved OS compared to patients with higher MTV and TLG (p = 0.03 and 0.05, respectively). No relation was found between the other parameters and outcome. In conclusion, baseline metabolic tumor burden, measured with MTV, might be an independent predictor of treatment response to ICI and a prognostic biomarker in NSCLC patients.


Neurology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (5) ◽  
pp. 217-219
Author(s):  
Alessia Pellerino ◽  
Lucio Buffoni ◽  
Roberta Rudà ◽  
Riccardo Soffietti

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 2031-2033
Author(s):  
Nilay Sengul Samanci ◽  
Emir Celik ◽  
Burak Akovalı ◽  
Sait Sager ◽  
Fuat Hulusi Demirelli

Introduction Ceritinib is a selective second-generation ALK inhibitor that is highly sensitive to echinoderm microtubule-associated protein-like 4-anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EML4-ALK) molecule. Case report In this paper, we report a 68-year-old female that was diagnosed with stage 4 ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Management and outcome: She was treated with crizotinib first-line, cisplatin and gemcitabine as second-line. And for third-line, ceritinib was started. She had complete response over 3.5 years under ceritinib treatment. And she is still receiving ceritinib with no adverse event. Discussion Cases achieving complete response with ceritinib treatment are rare. In this paper, we aimed to emphasize the complete response in stage 4 NSCLC in an elderly patient.


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