A 64-Year-Old Male with Untreated Stage IV EGFR-Mutated NSCLC

Case: A 64-Year-Old Male with Untreated Stage IVEGFRMutated NSCLC

Initial presentation

• A 64-year—old man presented with shortness of breath, productive cough, chest pain, fatigue, anorexia and an 8-lb weight loss.
• PMH: HTN, medically controlled
• SH: non-smoker, social alcohol use
• PE: tired-appearing man, decreased breath sounds on auscultation

Clinical workup

• Imaging:
  • Chest x-ray showed a left lower lobe mass  
  • Chest/abdomen/pelvic CT scan confirmed a node extension, a 4.7-cm left lower lobe mass with mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy; left-sided adrenal metastases noted
  • PET scan showed activity in the left lower lobe mass and hilar nodal areas
  • Brain MRI showed no evidence of metastases
• Staging: T3N3M1a - IVA adenocarcinoma; ECOG PS 1
• Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy of the left lower lobe was minimal and insufficient, subsequent plasma testing showedEGFRexon 19 deletion mutation

Treatment

• Patient was started on osimertinib 80 mg PO qDay
  • At 3-week follow-up the patient had been tolerating treatment well; continued on therapy
• Repeat Imaging at 3 months showed partial response
• Follow-up at 6 and 9 months showed stable disease
• At 18-months, CT scan revealed a new solitary liver lesion