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Efficacy of bevacizumab and erlotinib combination for leptomeningeal carcinomatosis after failure of erlotinib
- Source :
- Anti-cancer drugs. 28(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- In patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harboring an epithelial growth factor receptor (EGFR) active mutation, central nervous system progression after a response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors is frequent. Central nervous system metastasis, especially leptomeningeal carcinomatosis (LMC), is a serious complication and no standard treatment has been established for LMC. Here, we report two cases in which the addition of bevacizumab to erlotinib enhanced the efficacy against LMC; as a result, radiographic abnormalities decreased markedly and symptoms were well controlled. This combination treatment may be useful to treat LMC in patients with EGFR-positive non-small-cell lung cancer.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Oncology
Male
Cancer Research
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology
Lung Neoplasms
Bevacizumab
Central nervous system
Adenocarcinoma of Lung
Adenocarcinoma
Metastasis
03 medical and health sciences
Erlotinib Hydrochloride
0302 clinical medicine
Growth factor receptor
Internal medicine
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Treatment Failure
Lung cancer
Pharmacology
business.industry
Brain Neoplasms
Standard treatment
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Erlotinib
Complication
business
Meningeal Carcinomatosis
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14735741
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anti-cancer drugs
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6e10ca94121fab54b80dfefb121e84b6