How would you manage a patient with EGFR mutant adenocarcinoma of the lung on erlotinib with a single site of disease progression, but otherwise well-controlled disease?
Would you stop the Tarceva at this point?
Answer from: Medical Oncologist at Academic Institution
This is a point of controversy. There are multiple reasonable options to consider for such a patient:
Keep going with tarceva and follow the lesion carefully. The NCCN guidelines actually acknowledge this approach for asymptomatic disease.
Use SRS or some other locally ablati...