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ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental pathology2025

Complete response to anti-PD1 therapy and chemotherapy in a patient with ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer.

Haoyue Hu, Min Min, Hongchun Dai, Youpan Tang, Jun He

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Article in International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors.

Haoyue HuDepartment of Medical Oncology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, Medicine School of University of Electronic Science and Technology Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Min MinDepartment of Pathology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang (Sichuan Mental Health Center) Mianyang, Sichuan, China.
Hongchun DaiDepartment of Oncology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang (Sichuan Mental Health Center) Mianyang, Sichuan, China.
Youpan TangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Zhongjiang People's Hospital Deyang, Sichuan, China.
Jun HeDepartment of Oncology, The Third Hospital of Mianyang (Sichuan Mental Health Center) Mianyang, Sichuan, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted therapies are effective in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with driver gene mutations. Chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy is also a common treatment strategy in lung cancer. However, in previous studies, patients with ALK (Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase) rearranged had a low response to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) and the role of immunotherapy in ALK-positive NSCLC patients is unclear. Here, we report a case of a young man with ALK rearranged who demonstrated a complete response to anti-PD1 combination with chemotherapy, which suggests some ALK-rearranged patients with high expression of PD-L1 may permanently benefit from immunotherapy.

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ALK rearrangementchemotherapyimmunotherapyNon-small cell lung cancerPD-1PD-L1

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PMID39949598
PMCPMC11815393

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