Frontiers in Oncology (Mar 2024)

Case report: EGFR fusion mutation combined with EGFR amplification responds to EGFR-TKI therapy

  • Zhulin Wang,
  • Zhulin Wang,
  • Chunyao Huang,
  • Wenbo Fan,
  • Shaowu Sun,
  • Kaiyuan Li,
  • Xu Liu,
  • Jiangtao Pu,
  • Guoqing Zhang,
  • Xiangnan Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2024.1347282
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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Given their good antitumor effects, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are standard first-line therapy for EGFR-sensitive mutations, including exon 19 deletions and exon 21 L858R mutations. EGFR fusion mutations and EGFR amplification are very rare in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We describe 2 patients with NSCLC harboring EGFR fusion mutations (EGFR-MACF1 and EGFR-GNAT3) combined with EGFR amplification. Both patients received EGFR-TKI treatment, and 1 of them showed an antitumor response.

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