Ceritinib enables stereotactic radiosurgery to a previously untreatable symptomatic brain metastasis in a patient with ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer
Qian J, Yu J, Gettinger S, Chiang V. Ceritinib enables stereotactic radiosurgery to a previously untreatable symptomatic brain metastasis in a patient with ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer. Cancer Treatment And Research Communications 2016, 6: 17-19. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctrc.2016.02.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-small cell lung cancerAnaplastic lymphoma kinaseWhole-brain radiation therapySymptomatic brain metastasesBrain radiation therapyCell lung cancerBrain metastasesStereotactic radiosurgerySystemic therapyLung cancerRadiation therapyActive small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorLarge symptomatic brain metastasisNext-generation ALK inhibitorsSmall molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorsYear old Caucasian femaleMolecule tyrosine kinase inhibitorsGeneration ALK inhibitorsALK inhibitor crizotinibOld Caucasian femaleKey driver mutationsTyrosine kinase inhibitorsLocal therapyInhibitor crizotinibALK inhibitors