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Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report

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    • Qiong Zhao
    • Yina Wang
    • Yemin Tang
    • Ling Peng
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    Affiliations: Department of Thoracic Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, P.R. China
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As kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk of developing cancer, regular monitoring should be undertaken to monitor the balance between immunosuppression and graft function and to identify malignancy. The present study reports the outcome of the treatment of adenocarcinoma of the lung (T1aN0M1a, stage IV) using the molecular‑targeted therapy, icotinib, in a 66‑year‑old male renal transplant patient receiving rapamycin and prednisolone as ongoing renal immunosuppressive therapy. An initial partial response to icotinib was achieved, and graft function remained good. However, the patient subsequently developed interstitial pneumonitis. The plasma concentrations of rapamycin and icotinib were within the normal ranges, which excluded the possibility of a pharmacokinetic drug interaction and indicated that the interstitial pneumonitis was likely to be associated with the side‑effects of icotinib. Drug therapy was discontinued and the patient underwent a segmentectomy. Tacrolimus was administered for ongoing renal graft immunosuppression. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the concomitant administration of icotinib and rapamycin in post‑transplant de novo lung cancer. It is also the first report of interstitial pneumonitis associated with icotinib in a post‑transplant patient.
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Zhao Q, Wang Y, Tang Y and Peng L: Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report. Oncol Lett 7: 171-176, 2014.
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Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., & Peng, L. (2014). Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report. Oncology Letters, 7, 171-176. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1657
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Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., Peng, L."Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report". Oncology Letters 7.1 (2014): 171-176.
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Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., Peng, L."Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report". Oncology Letters 7, no. 1 (2014): 171-176. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1657
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Zhao Q, Wang Y, Tang Y and Peng L: Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report. Oncol Lett 7: 171-176, 2014.
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Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., & Peng, L. (2014). Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report. Oncology Letters, 7, 171-176. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1657
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Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., Peng, L."Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report". Oncology Letters 7.1 (2014): 171-176.
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Zhao, Q., Wang, Y., Tang, Y., Peng, L."Icotinib combined with rapamycin in a renal transplant recipient with epidermal growth factor receptor‑mutated non‑small cell lung cancer: A case report". Oncology Letters 7, no. 1 (2014): 171-176. https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2013.1657
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