[Comprehensive genomic profiling in large cell neuroendocrine lung cancer: the times they are a-changin']

Recenti Prog Med. 2021 Jan;112(1):1e-4e. doi: 10.1701/3525.35130.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The discovery of gene driver mutations and the increase of next-generation sequencing techniques have radically changed the natural history of NSCLCs. Neuroendocrine lung cancers are a heterogeneous entity whose biology is little known. Sporadic actionable mutations are also reported in this subtype of neoplasms, especially in tumors derived from a transformation of adenocarcinomas. ROS-1 gene rearrangements are found in about 1-2% of lung neoplasms and are characterized by a high sensitivity to specific tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKis). Here we report the case of a large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma precisely framed and treated thanks to a next-generation genomic approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma* / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine* / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung* / genetics
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / methods
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms* / genetics
  • Lung Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Mutation
  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors

Substances

  • Protein Kinase Inhibitors