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ArticleClinical lung cancer2025

Lung Carcinoid Tumors With Potentially Actionable Genomic Alterations and Responses to Targeted Therapies.

Sarah Waliany, Yin P Hung, Fawzi Abu Rous, Faustine Luo, Marzia Capelletti, Steven Ressler, Andrew Do, Jennifer Peterson, Caitlin Meservey, Subba R Digumarthy and 4 more

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Article in Clinical lung cancer, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Clinical Responses to Tarlatamab Among Patients With Pulmonary Carcinoid.Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer · 2026
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14 authors.

Sarah WalianyMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Yin P HungDepartment of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Fawzi Abu RousHenry Ford Cancer Institute/Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI.
Faustine LuoChao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
Marzia CapellettiCaris Life Sciences, Irving, TX.
Steven ResslerCaris Life Sciences, Irving, TX.
Andrew DoMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Jennifer PetersonMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Caitlin MeserveyHenry Ford Cancer Institute/Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI.
Subba R DigumarthyDepartment of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Sai-Hong Ignatius OuChao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Orange, CA.
Shirish M GadgeelHenry Ford Cancer Institute/Henry Ford Health, Detroit, MI.
Jessica J LinMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: jjlin1@mgb.org.
Catherine B MeadorMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: cbmeador@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Overcoming Resistance Mechanisms to Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase InhibitorsR01CA164273 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Aaron N Hata, Jessica Jiyeong Lin · 2012 to 2026
$5.5M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA164273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEffective treatments for patients with advanced lung carcinoids remain limited. The prevalence of potentially actionable genomic alterations (AGAs) among lung carcinoids is not well-understood. MATERIALS AND

methodsLung carcinoids submitted for next-generation sequencing (NGS) at a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified genomics laboratory from September 2013 to March 2024 were retrospectively investigated to determine prevalence of AGAs. We evaluated outcomes with genotype-matched targeted therapies in patients with advanced lung carcinoids with AGAs identified across 3 institutions and comprehensive literature search.

resultsAmong 321 cases of lung carcinoids profiled by NGS, 8 (2.5%) harbored potential AGAs (4 [1.2%] with commercially available targeted therapies), including KRAS mutations (n = 4, 1.2%: G12C, G12D, G12R, G12V), ALK fusions (n = 2, 0.6%), BRAF D594N (n = 1, 0.3%), and RET fusion (n = 1, 0.3%). None of the 24 typical carcinoids harbored an AGA. Collectively across these database-identified patients, our multi-institutional cohort, and literature review, we identified 36 cases of lung carcinoids with potential AGAs (24 with commercially available targeted therapies), predominantly comprising fusions of ALK (n = 14), RET (n = 5), and NTRK (n = 2). Of 27 with known disease stage, 19 had stage 4 disease, and 13 (68.4%) had outcomes reported following targeted therapies. Median treatment duration was 12.0 months (95% CI: 6.7-16.0). Median progression-free survival (PFS) was 10.6 months (95% CI: 6.7-16.0) across all targeted therapy lines and 14.0 months (95% CI: 1.3-NA) with first-line targeted therapies. Objective response rate with at least one targeted therapy was 61.5%.

conclusionsPatients with advanced lung carcinoids harboring AGAs can derive meaningful benefit from genotype-matched targeted therapies, highlighting potential role for NGS in patients with advanced carcinoids.

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Biomarkers, TumorCarcinoid TumorLung NeoplasmsMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationAdultAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorAdvanced lung carcinoidsFusion driversGenotype-matched therapiesNext-generation sequencingTargetable alterations

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PMID40234130
PMCPMC12176514

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