Journal article

Activity of crizotinib (PF02341066), a dual mesenchymal-epithelial transition (MET) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, in a non-small cell lung cancer patient with de novo MET amplification

SHI Ou, EL Kwak, C Siwak-Tapp, J Dy, K Bergethon, JW Clark, DR Camidge, BJ Solomon, RG Maki, YJ Bang, DW Kim, J Christensen, W Tan, KD Wilner, R Salgia, AJ Iafrate

Journal of Thoracic Oncology | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2011

Abstract

Crizotinib is a dual MET and ALK inhibitor. Currently, clinical development of crizotinib is focused primarily on ALK rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here we report an NSCLC patient with de novo MET amplification but no ALK rearrangement who achieved a rapid and durable response to crizotinib indicating is also a bona fide MET inhibitor. Copyright © 2011 by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

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