Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2020)

Good response with durvalumab after chemoradiotherapy for epidermal growth factor receptor exon 20 insertion adenocarcinoma: A case report

  • Shun Matsuura,
  • Keisuke Morikawa,
  • Yutaro Ito,
  • Namio Kagoo,
  • Tsutomu Kubota,
  • Koshiro Ichijo,
  • Eisuke Mochizuki,
  • Masahiro Uehara,
  • Masanori Harada,
  • Masaru Tsukui,
  • Naoki Koshimizu

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31
p. 101236

Abstract

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Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 20 insertion is not associated with sensitivity to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors and chemotherapy. Here, we report the case of a 41-year-old man who presented a right lower lobe nodule and mediastinal lymph node enlargement diagnosed as EGFR exon 20 insertion adenocarcinoma with high-expression programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1). He showed stable disease to chemoradiation treatment at the primary tumor site. However, durvalumab treatment has good response. Non-small cell lung cancer with EGFR exon 20 insertion and high PD-L1 expression may be treated with immunotherapy exposure.

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