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We report the case of a 49-year-old non-smoking Japanese woman with backache and difficulty in walking. She was diagnosed as having advanced lung adenocarcinoma, and an epithelial growth factor receptor mutation (in-frame deletions in exon 19) was found. After radiation therapy of bone metastases with spinal cord compression and brain metastases, gefitinib was administered. On day 2, she developed acute interstitial lung disease. Gefitinib therapy was discontinued and treatment with high-dose steroid therapy improved the interstitial lung disease. Cisplatin plus pemetrexed was initiated as second-line chemotherapy, but she was hospitalized again for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Considering the poor prognosis of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, we decided that erlotinib was our only choice of treatment. As a third-line treatment, erlotinib was administered after informing the patient about the high risk of interstitial lung disease. Neurological symptoms were improved within a week and interstitial lung disease did not recur. The patient has received erlotinib successfully for 18 months without the recurrence of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis. Erlotinib rechallenge after gefitinib-induced interstitial lung disease must be carefully chosen based on the balance of a patient's risk and benefit.
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PMID:Successful EGFR-TKI rechallenge of leptomeningeal carcinomatosis after gefitinib-induced interstitial lung disease. 2341 Sep 1

We describe a case of lung adenocarcinoma with multiple postoperative bone metastases that showed a gradual but complete response to combined administration of erlotinib and zoledronic acid. A 76-year-old man with moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma underwent a radical left upper lobectomy and mediastinal lymph node dissection. Three and a half years after the operation, serum carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) was elevated and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18FDG-PET) revealed multiple bone metastases. Pretreatment evaluation of EGFR mutations in the resected primary adenocarcinoma specimen showed an L858R mutation in exon 21. Gefitinib was started as first-line treatment. However, evaluation 1 month after administration revealed progressive disease. Erlotinib was started as second-line treatment, and evaluation 1 month after administration revealed that the disease was stable. Administration of zoledronic acid was then begun with continuation of erlotinib. After 2 courses of zoledronic acid, the serum CEA level had not changed but the maximum standardized uptake values of each region uniformly decreased. Furthermore, the uptake of 18FDG completely disappeared after 6 courses. Subsequently, the serum CEA level continued to decrease and the disappearance of 18FDG uptake was confirmed after 10 courses (12 months after initiation of erlotinib administration). Our results suggest that the combined administration of both drugs is effective against bone metastases.We experienced a case of lung adenocarcinoma with postoperative recurrence of multiple bone metastases that showed a gradual but complete response to combined administration of erlotinib and zoledronic acid. Our results suggest that the combined treatment of both drugs is an effective therapy against bone metastases.
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PMID:A case of lung adenocarcinoma with postoperative recurrence of multiple bone metastases that showed a gradual complete response to combined administration of erlotinib and zoledronic acid. 2485 75

This study proposed to retrospectively analyze the efficacy of radiotherapy on brain/bone metastases in patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma and to evaluate the correlation between overall survival after radiotherapy and other factors including metastatic sites and EGFR mutation status. 115 patients with Stage IV lung adenocarcinoma admitted to our center from March, 2011 to December, 2013 were enrolled. They presented with metastases to no other solid organs except the bone or brain and had received no prior treatment. 50 patients received EGFR mutation test with 32 detected as EGFR mutant and 18 wild-type. Patients with brain metastases were treated with 40 Gy whole brain irradiation (WBI) in 2 Gy fractions; patients with bone metastases were treated with 30 Gy local irradiation in 3 Gy fractions or 40 Gy in 2 Gy fractions. All the patients received systemic therapy during or after radiotherapy and 68 received targeted therapy.The median overall survival of patients with solitary brain metastases, solitary bone metastases or combined brain and bone metastases were 8.50 months, 8.50 months and 9.50 months respectively, revealing no significant difference (p=0.57). The median overall survival of patients with EGFR mutations was 10.25 months, longer than the 8.75 months of patients without EGFR mutations, revealing no significant difference (p=0.57). The median overall survival of EGFR mutant patients with solitary bone metastases, solitary brain metastases or combined brain and bone metastases were 7.50 months, 10.50 months and 11.50 months respectively, revealing no significant difference (p=0.91). 36 patients with untested EGFR mutation status received EGFR-TKI. Among EGFR mutant patients, 10 didn't receive targeted therapy; 8 were administered Erlotinib and 14 Gefitinib with median overall survival of 10.25 months and 14.5 months, showing no significant difference (p=0.11) between the two drugs. When patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma have been treated by early radiotherapy, the overall survival doesn't correlate with metastatic sites. Radiotherapy could extend survival for EGFR mutant patients with stage IV lung adenocarcinoma. EGFR mutation test should be performed before treatment of the disease.
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PMID:Radiotherapy effects on brain/bone metastatic adenocarcinoma lung cancer and the importance of EGFR mutation test. 2663 46