Hu Haoyue, Min Min, Dai Hongchun, Tang Youpan, He Jun
Department of Medical Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Medicine School of University of Electronic Science and Technology Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Department of Pathology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang (Sichuan Mental Health Center) Mianyang, Sichuan, China.
Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2025 Jan 15;18(1):37-41. doi: 10.62347/XWHW6190. eCollection 2025.
Targeted therapies are effective in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with driver gene mutations. Chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy is also a common treatment strategy in lung cancer. However, in previous studies, patients with ALK (Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase) rearranged had a low response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) and the role of immunotherapy in ALK-positive NSCLC patients is unclear. Here, we report a case of a young man with ALK rearranged who demonstrated a complete response to anti-PD1 combination with chemotherapy, which suggests some ALK-rearranged patients with high expression of PD-L1 may permanently benefit from immunotherapy.
靶向治疗对具有驱动基因突变的非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)患者有效。化疗联合免疫治疗也是肺癌的一种常见治疗策略。然而,在以往的研究中,ALK(间变性淋巴瘤激酶)重排的患者对免疫检查点抑制剂(ICI)反应较低,免疫治疗在ALK阳性NSCLC患者中的作用尚不清楚。在此,我们报告一例ALK重排的年轻男性患者,其对抗PD1联合化疗表现出完全缓解,这表明一些PD-L1高表达的ALK重排患者可能从免疫治疗中永久获益。