[Long-term survival of a patient with advanced non-small cell lung cancer on bevacizumab therapy: case report and review of the literature]

Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi. 2013 Jun;16(6):325-9. doi: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2013.06.10.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

We report an advanced stage Chinese female lung adenocarcinoma patient who was negative for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), V-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) gene mutations, also negative for chinodem microtubule-associated protein-like 4/anaplastic lymphoma kinase (EML4-ALK) gene rearrangement and treated with bevacizumab (15 mg/kg) in combination with 6 cycles of conventional doses of paclitaxel and carboplatin chemotherapy. She was then treated with maintenance bevacizumab for a total of 42 cycles, the total dose of bevacizumab is 44,730 mg. The progression-free survival was 39 months. Our findings suggest that maintenance bevacizumab for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is safe and its benefit for long-term survival overwhelms its side effects.

本文报道1例女性肺腺癌患者,表皮生长因子受体(epidermal growth factor receptor, EGFR)、V-Ki-ras2鼠Kirsten肉瘤病毒致癌基因同源物(V-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog, KRAS)基因突变及棘皮动物微管相关类蛋白4与间变性淋巴瘤激酶融合基因(chinodem microtubule-associated protein-like 4/anaplastic lymphoma kinase, EML4-ALK)检测结果均为阴性;一线接受贝伐珠单抗(15 mg/kg)联合常规剂量紫杉醇、卡铂方案6周期化疗以及后续贝伐珠单抗的维持治疗。共应用贝伐珠单抗42周期,应用总剂量达44,730 mg,患者的无进展生存期(progression-free survival, PFS)长达39个月,患者的长期生存获益远超出了不良反应所带来的危害。

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / immunology
  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / therapeutic use*
  • Bevacizumab
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology
  • Maintenance Chemotherapy / methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Survivors*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / immunology

Substances

  • Angiogenesis Inhibitors
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
  • Bevacizumab