Treatment Options in ALK+ NSCLC

July 19, 2017

A 62-year-old female never-smoker presented with dyspnea, cough and fatigue.
Patient has a performance status of 1 due to the decrease in her daily activities.
Chest X-ray showed multiple bilateral lung nodules.
PET/CT showed left adrenal metastases.
Brain MRI was negative.
Bronchoscopy was performed with a fine needle aspirate biopsy.
Pathology results showed moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma.
Molecular testing showed ALK-rearrangement.
Patient was started on ceritinib.