Eunice L. Kwak

TL;DR: The inhibition of ALK in lung tumors with the ALK rearrangement resulted in tumor shrinkage or stable disease in most patients, and the drug resulted in grade 1 or 2 gastrointestinal side effects.

TL;DR: The CTC-chip successfully identified CTCs in the peripheral blood of patients with metastatic lung, prostate, pancreatic, breast and colon cancer in 115 of 116 samples, with a range of 5–1,281CTCs per ml and approximately 50% purity.

TL;DR: EML4-ALK defines a molecular subset of NSCLC with distinct clinical characteristics and patients who harbor this mutation do not benefit from EGFR TKIs and should be directed to trials of ALK-targeted agents.

TL;DR: ROS1 rearrangement defines a molecular subset of NSCLC with distinct clinical characteristics that are similar to those observed in patients with ALK-rearranged NSCLCs, and crizotinib shows in vitro activity and early evidence of clinical activity in ROS1- rearrangedNSCLC.

TL;DR: Crizotinib is well tolerated with rapid, durable responses in patients with ALK-positive NSCLC and there seems to be potential for ongoing benefit after initial disease progression in this population, but a more formal definition of ongoing benefit in this context is needed.