Posts tagged Anaplastic lymphoma kinase fusion
Concomitant novel ALK-SSH2, EML4-ALK and ARID2-ALK, EML4-ALK double-fusion variants and confer sensitivity to crizotinib in two lung adenocarcinoma patients, respectively

Introduction: Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene rearrangements, have been identified in approximately 2-7% of patients with lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD). However, co-occurrence of double ALK fusions in one patient was rare. Herein, we reported two Chinese female LUAD patients with confirmed double ALK fusion variants by next generation sequencing.
Case presentation

Case 1, a 38-year-old female was diagnosed as peripheral LUAD in left upper lobe with synchronous multiple intrapulmonary metastases (pT2N0M1b, stage IVa). And case 2, a 58-year-old female had left lower lobe primary LUAD and synchronous multiple lung metastases (pT4N2M1b, stage IVa). In both patients, tumor cells displayed strong expression of ALK protein. Genetic profiling by next generation sequencing showed both patients concurrently harbored two types of ALK rearrangements. Case 1 had an unreported ALK-SSH2/EML4-ALK double fusions, and case 2 had an another novel ARID2-ALK/EML4‐ALK double fusions. Both of these patients responded to ALK inhibitor crizotinib.
Conclusions

Our study reported two novel ALK fusion partners never reported, which expands the knowledge of ALK fusion spectrum and provides insight into therapeutic options for patients with double ALK fusions. READ ARTICLE

Diagnostic Pathology DOI:10.1186/s13000-022-01212-9

Authors: Tao H, Liu Z, Mu J, Gai F, Huang Z, Shi L.

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Prevalence and Clinicopathologic Risk Factors for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, and ROS-1 Fusion in Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma

The purpose of he study was to evaluate the prevalence of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK), and ROS-1 fusions in the patients with metastatic nonsquamous nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and their relation with different demographic and clinical variables. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 87 adult patients >18 years of age with a confirmed diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic NSCLC. All the patients were studied for EGFR mutations, ALK, and ROS-1 fusions. The outcome measures were the presence of EGFR, ALK, and ROS-1 fusions among the patients with NSCLC and the risk association with age, gender, smoking, and tumor differentiation. Results: Out of 87 patients, 26 (29.89%) patients tested positive for EGFR mutations, 4 (4.6%) for ALK, and a single case for ROS-1 fusion. The mean age of the patients who were EGFR positive was significantly younger than the mean age of those without EGFR mutation (56.77 ± 12.01 vs. 66.6..... READ ARTICLE

Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research DOI:10.4103/jrcr.jrcr_43_21

Authors: Raghav Kesri, Hari Goyal, Geetanjali Gupta, Deepak Bharti and Richu Sharma

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