HER2 insertion YVMA mutant lung cancer : long natural history and response to afatinib

Bob T. Li, Adrian Lee, Sandra O'Toole, Wendy Cooper, Bing Yu, Jamie E. Chaft, Maria E. Arcila, Mark G. Kris, Nick Pavlakis

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    Abstract

    Human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2, ERBB2) mutations in lung cancers are oncogenic drivers that respond to HER2 targeted therapies. Little is known about the sensitivity of subtypes of HER2 mutant lung cancers to targeted agents. We present a patient with HER2 mutant lung cancer with a 12 base pair insertion YVMA (p.A775_G776insYVMA), who had a long natural history and durable partial response to afatinib. We demonstrate that afatinib has activity in patients with HER2 mutant lung cancers with exon 20 YVMA insertions, the most common variant.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)617-619
    Number of pages12
    JournalLung Cancer
    Volume90
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    Keywords

    • HER, 2 protein
    • cancer
    • lungs
    • mutation

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