Long-term survival of a patient with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and untreated multiple brain metastases treated with zorifertinib: A case report.
Kang LiBolin ChenJingyi WangLin WuPublished in: Thoracic cancer (2024)
Brain metastases (BM) are common in patients with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and confer poor prognoses. Zorifertinib (AZD3759), an EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) with high blood-brain barrier penetration, has previously demonstrated promising systemic and intracranial antitumor activity in phase 1-3 studies. This is the first report of a patient with EGFR-mutant (exon 21 L858R) NSCLC and symptomatic untreated multiple BM who achieved a long overall survival (OS) of more than 65 months after sequential treatment with zorifertinib and a third-generation EGFR-TKI. This new treatment paradigm offers a new treatment option and deserves further clinical exploration to prolong OS of patients with EGFR-mutant NSCLC and untreated multiple BM.