Targeted Therapy for Older Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Systematic Review and Guidelines from the French Society of Geriatric Oncology...

Targeted therapy has become essential in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). There are currently no guidelines for older patients who are frailer with regard to this type of treatment. Two learned societies, the French Society of Geriatric Oncology (SoFOG) and the French-language Society of Pulmonology (SPLF)/French-language Oncology Group (GOLF), joined forces to conduct a systematic review of the literature from May 2010 to May 2021 regarding the efficacy, toxicity, and feasibility of targeted therapy in older patients with NSCLC. Guidelines were then drawn up to enable clinicians to adapt the type of targeted therapy proposed according to the oncological and geriatric profile of the older patient with NSCLC. READ ARTICLE

Cancers DOI:10.3390/cancers14030769

Authors: Greillier, L.; Gauvrit, M.; Paillaud, E.; Girard, N.; Montégut, C.;
Boulahssass, R.; Wislez, M.; Pamoukdjian, F.; Corre, R.;
Cabart, M.; et al.

Is Elevation of Alkaline Phosphatase a Predictive Factor of Response to Alectinib in NSCLC?

In the following report, we describe a case of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) elevation occurring during treatment with alectinib (Alecensa™), which was administered for anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (mNSCLC). A 51 year-old female with widespread metastatic disease exhibited a rapid and significant response within a very short period to alectinib therapy, accompanied by a rapid increase of ALP to more than six times the upper limit of normal (grade 3) ALP, decreasing to within normal limits within 3 weeks after initiation of therapy without any dose modification. READ ARTICLE

Current Oncology DOI:10.3390/curroncol29010016

Authors: Walid Shalata, Alexander Yakobson, Rachel Steckbeck, Ashraf Abu Jama, Omar Abu Saleh and Abed Agbarya

Case Study, group1Kirk SmithDecember 31, 2021lung adenocarcinoma, ALK mutation, Alectinib, alkaline phosphatase, toxicity

Keratinocytes apoptosis contributes to crizotinib induced-erythroderma

Crizotinib is a multi-target receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor which is of great importance for the management of ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Serious erythroderma and toxic epidermal necrolysis have been reported associated with crizotinib treatment. The underlying mechanisms have not been examined. In this study, we tested the toxicity of crizotinib on immortal human keratinocytes (HaCaT) and human primary keratinocytes. We found that crizotinib directly cause cytotoxic on these two cells, which could be the explanation of the clinical characteristic of pathology. Apoptosis was observed and Z-VAD-FMK, a pan-caspase inhibitor can almost totally reverse the apoptosis induction effect of crizotinib. However, mitochondrial dysfunction and DNA damage were not involved in crizotinib-induced apoptosis, indicating the intrinsic apoptosis pathway have no connection with this cutaneous toxicity. Further studies showed that crizotinib significantly increased clea..... READ ARTICLE

Toxicology Letters DOI:10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.11.007

Authors: Yuhuai Hu, Xiaochen Zhang, Ziying Zhao, Xueqin Chen, Ziye Zhou, Xiaochun Yang, Bo Yang, Qiaojun He, Peihua Luo

Review PaperKirk SmithFebruary 1, 2020Crizotinib, Cutaneous, toxicity, Erythroderma, Apoptosis, Cleaved-caspase-8

EP101-26 Non-Small Cellular Pulmon Cancer ALK Positive in Pediatrics

This case report is from a 14-year-old adolescent patient treated in our institution with an ALK inhibitor. ALK disease is 3% to 5% of all non-cell lung cancers small adenocarcinoma type, more frequent in young people, women, nonsmokers, and with advanced disease.Male patient 14 years with respiratory symptoms productive cough. Tomography computed tomography: injury to the middle lobe and right lower lobe, biopsy: Adenocarcinoma poorly differentiated, immunohistochemistry: positive for cytokeratin 7, napsin-a, MUC-1, CK1E1 / AE3 positive and transcription factor -1 (TTF-1) and cytokeratin 20 negative, EGFR-KRAS wild type, ALK (EML-4 with clone D5F3) positive. Treatment was started with Crizotinib 250mg every 12 hours, obtaining partial response and with PFS of 36 months, gastrointestinal toxicity, hematological I grade.We report the experience of a case with excellent tolerability to an inhibitor of ALK, and its clinical benefit, (partial response and stable disease). Patients under 18..... READ ARTICLE

Journal of Thoracic Oncology DOI:10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1985

Authors: L. Ramirez, A. Guerrero Villota, J. Herrera Parga. M. Velasco, J. Lòpez

Case StudyKirk SmithOctober 1, 2019ALK, pediatric, gastrointestinal, toxicity, tolerability, Colombia