<em>ALK</em>-Translocated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Bone Metastases

August 2016

• A 51-year-old female presents to her physician with symptoms of fatigue, intermittent chest pain, and lower back pain
• PMH: hypertension managed on a calcium channel blocker; osteoarthritis
• No history of smoking
• CT of the chest showed a 4.5-cm mass in the upper right lobe and enlarged hilar lymph nodes
• Bronchoscopy and transbronchial lung biopsy were performed:
  • Pathology revealed a grade 2 adenocarcinoma, consistent with a lung primary tumor
  • Molecular testing:
    • FISH: positive forALKtranslocation
    • NGS: negative forEGFR, ROS1, RET, BRAF, KRAS
    • IHC: PD-L1 expression in 0% of cells
  • Staging with PET/CT showed¹⁸F-FDG uptake in the lung mass, hilar nodes, and lumbar spine (L4/L5)
  • Brain MRI, negative for intracranial metastases
• The patient was started on therapy with crizotinib
• Follow-up imaging at 3 and 6 months showed marked regression of the lung mass, nodal spread, and bone lesions

June 2017

• After 9 months on crizotinib, the patient reported worsening fatigue and back pain
• CT showed increased size of the pulmonary mass and bone lesions
• Brain MRI showed disseminated small lesions
• Crizotinib was discontinued and the patient was started on brigatinib