Department of Pathology, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Department of Oncology, Yonsei Cancer Center, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
J Thorac Oncol. 2016 May;11(5):e55-e58. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2015.12.097. Epub 2015 Dec 29.
Histologic changes can be involved in resistance to anticancer drugs. Transformation to small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC) following treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors has been reported in patients with EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma. Herein, we report a case of ALK-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma with SCLC-like histology in a metastatic abdominal nodule that was resistant to crizotinib therapy.
组织学变化可能与抗癌药物的耐药性有关。在 EGFR 突变型肺腺癌患者中,已有报道称在使用 EGFR 酪氨酸激酶抑制剂治疗后发生小细胞肺癌(SCLC)转化。在此,我们报告了一例转移性腹部结节中 ALK 重排的肺腺癌,其具有 SCLC 样组织学特征,对克唑替尼治疗耐药。