For patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and brain metastasis, effective treatment strategies are required because systemic chemotherapy is usually ineffective. Pan and colleagues present the case of a 73-year-old man who was diagnosed with NSCLC with brain metastasis, who carried anEGFR mutation and was managed with erlotinib and whole-brain irradiation. The authors discuss the treatment options for patients with metastatic NSCLC and propose erlotinib as an appropriate therapy for patients with a high probability of harboring classic EGFRmutations.
- Minggui Pan
- Monica Santamaria
- David B Wollman
