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ArticleFrontiers in oncology2026

Case Report: Complete response and prolonged survival to alectinib in a NSCLC patient with metastases harboring a rare

Lauren Epler, Giovanny Velasquez, Isa Mambetsariev, Javier Arias-Romero, Jeremy Fricke, Neil Chen, Razmig Babikian, Linh Ngo, Leonidas Arvanitis, Amit A Kulkarni and 4 more

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Article in Frontiers in oncology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Lauren EplerDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Giovanny VelasquezDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Isa MambetsarievDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Javier Arias-RomeroDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Jeremy FrickeDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Neil ChenDepartment of Biology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States.
Razmig BabikianDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Linh NgoDepartment of Pharmacy, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Leonidas ArvanitisDepartment of Pathology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Amit A KulkarniDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Phoenix, Goodyear, AZ, United States.
Deniz A UrgunDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Stephen GruberDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Michelle AfkhamiDepartment of Pathology, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.
Ravi SalgiaDepartment of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research, City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, United States.

Funding

Transgenic Mouse FacilityP30CA033572 · NCI · CITY OF HOPE/BECKMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI John Charles Williams · 1985 to 2026
$86.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA033572
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (

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ALK structural deletionALK tyrosine kinase inhibitorNSCLCprecision oncologyWDR43::ALK

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PMID42625632
PMCPMC13489892

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