Intermittent EGFR-TKI therapy is associated with durable response in advanced EGFR-mutant NSCLC: a case report

• Main Authors: Tan, Sin Nee, Ibrahim, Aishah, Abdul Razak, Megat Razeem, Abdul Azih, Muhammad Naimmuddin, How, Soon Hin
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia 2023
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/108703/7/108703_Intermittent%20EGFR-TKI%20therapy%20is%20associated%20with%20durable%20response.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/108703/8/108703_Intermittent%20EGFR-TKI%20therapy%20is%20associated%20with%20durable%20response_Scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/108703/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_19_2023/mjmhs_vol19_no_2_march_2023-72022

Madam S, who diagnosed to have stage IV lung adenocarcinoma with exon 21 L858R point mutation (T3N2M1a) was admitted for massive pericardial effusion in April 2016. She was ECOG 4 on admission. Her ECOG improved to 1 after pericardial tapping and initiation of free sample erlotinib 100 mg daily. Rep...