Current Status for Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

oleh: Peng SONG, Li ZHANG, Congcong SHANG

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Chinese Anti-Cancer Association; Chinese Antituberculosis Association 2018-09-01

Deskripsi

The incidence of ALK gene rearrangement in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was about 3% to 5%. ALK gene inhibitors have made great breakthrough in recent years, significantly extending the survival period of patients with ALK(+) advanced NSCLC. But the majority of patients will be acquired drug resistance after treatment. This article has been explained separately from the ALK genetic background, the detection method, the treatment of the three generations of ALK inhibitors and the strategy after drug resistance. It is desire to have reference value and reference meaning for clinical work.