表皮生长因子受体酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(EGFR-TKIs)耐药后,1例罕见的从EGFR阳性肺腺癌组织学转化为EGFR阴性鳞状细胞癌的病例报告
A Rare Histologic Transformation from EGFR-Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma to EGFR-Negative Squamous Cell Carcinoma After EGFR-TKIs Resistance: A Case Report.
作者信息
Qiu Mengli, Guo Peiwen, Lin Jieheng, Wang Sisi, Wang Wenping, Yang Jianying, Huang Zhongming, Cao Yang
机构信息
The First Clinical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
出版信息
Onco Targets Ther. 2025 Jul 18;18:803-809. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S513879. eCollection 2025.
Lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations rarely transforms into squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) following resistance to targeted therapy. Here, we present a case of EGFR-positive ADC that transformed into EGFR-negative SCC after developing resistance to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). The patient experienced progressive disease after one cycle of chemotherapy and subsequently underwent five courses of tislelizumab combined with chemotherapy. Although the primary tumor showed a partial response to this combined regimen, intracranial metastases continued to progress, ultimately leading to the patient's death. Notably, the patient survived for 8 months after SCC transformation with immuno-chemotherapy, a significantly longer duration than the previously reported median survival of 3.5 months. This case underscores the occurrence of genomic instability, histological transformation, and dissociated response (DR) following treatment with EGFR-TKIs in EGFR-positive lung ADC. We hypothesize that these phenomena may be driven by tumor heterogeneity and the dynamic variability within the tumor microenvironment (TME).
携带表皮生长因子受体(EGFR)突变的肺腺癌(ADC)在对靶向治疗耐药后很少转化为鳞状细胞癌(SCC)。在此,我们报告一例EGFR阳性的ADC病例,该病例在对EGFR酪氨酸激酶抑制剂(TKIs)产生耐药后转化为EGFR阴性的SCC。该患者在接受一个周期的化疗后出现疾病进展,随后接受了五个疗程的替雷利珠单抗联合化疗。尽管原发肿瘤对这种联合方案显示出部分缓解,但颅内转移灶持续进展,最终导致患者死亡。值得注意的是,该患者在SCC转化后接受免疫化疗存活了8个月,这一持续时间明显长于先前报道的3.5个月的中位生存期。该病例强调了EGFR阳性肺ADC在接受EGFR-TKIs治疗后发生基因组不稳定、组织学转化和分离反应(DR)的情况。我们推测这些现象可能由肿瘤异质性和肿瘤微环境(TME)内的动态变异性驱动。