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How would you treat a patient with stage 4 NSCLC with EGFR R776H mutation?

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Medical Oncology · University of Michigan Medical School

R776H is a rare exon 20 point mutation. Preclinical models suggest that it is an activating mutation and that it is sensitive to erlotinib, afatinib, and osimertinib [Kohsaka et al., PMID 30404555]. Several case studies of patients with rare EGFR mutations have reported responses to EGFR TKIs (erlot...

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Medical Oncology · University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center

This is a challenging EGFR mutation. My two questions:

1) Is the patient a lifelong never smoker or heavy smoker?

2) Is there a co-existing EGFR alteration?

These R776H mutations frequently co-occur with others such as L858R, L861Q, and G719A [Ruan and Kannan, PMID 26101090]. The mutation activates EGF...

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