Renal failure in cancer patients is not a rare clinical condition and often contraindicates anticancer drug treatment; moreover, chemotherapeutic drugs are frequently identified as possible iatrogenic cause of renal failure. Molecular therapies, when appropriate, could represent a therapeutic option for cancer patients with severe renal disease, but the lack of knowledge in this field, at present, limits their use in patients undergoing dialysis. Herein we describe a case, at our knowledge the first reported, of a patient with advanced lung adenocarcinoma on maintenance hemodialysis treated with gefitinib and then with afatinib; we also reviewed the literature on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) used in NSCLC patients with concomitant renal impairment.
Gefitinib and afatinib treatment in an advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient undergoing hemodialysis / Bersanelli, M.; Tiseo, M.; Artioli, F.; Lucchi, L.; Ardizzoni, A.. - In: ANTICANCER RESEARCH. - ISSN 0250-7005. - 34:6(2014), pp. 3185-3188.
Gefitinib and afatinib treatment in an advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patient undergoing hemodialysis
Bersanelli M.;Tiseo M.;
2014-01-01
Abstract
Renal failure in cancer patients is not a rare clinical condition and often contraindicates anticancer drug treatment; moreover, chemotherapeutic drugs are frequently identified as possible iatrogenic cause of renal failure. Molecular therapies, when appropriate, could represent a therapeutic option for cancer patients with severe renal disease, but the lack of knowledge in this field, at present, limits their use in patients undergoing dialysis. Herein we describe a case, at our knowledge the first reported, of a patient with advanced lung adenocarcinoma on maintenance hemodialysis treated with gefitinib and then with afatinib; we also reviewed the literature on epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) used in NSCLC patients with concomitant renal impairment.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.