Successful everolimus treatment in a patient with advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor who developed everolimus-induced interstitial lung disease on two occasions: a case report

Abstract

Chemotherapy-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) is often fatal, and the chemotherapeutic regimen generally cannot be resumed. ILD associated with the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor everolimus has many features distinct from chemotherapy-associated ILD. We present the case of a 58-year-old woman with an advanced pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with liver metastases, in whom everolimus treatment was maintained and resulted in a partial response despite two occurrences of everolimus-induced ILD during a 31-month treatment period until disease progression. Physicians treating with everolimus should monitor patients closely for ILD and should apply appropriate management strategies to optimize the possibility of maintaining everolimus therapy.