4 plus years stage 4 NSCLC with ALK mutation

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New and first time post. Wife diagnosed nsclc 7/2012 stage 4 ALK mutation. Now 57 never smoker and active exerciser. Full 6 treatments carbo/alimta and 1plus year alimta maintenance. Crizotinib about a year forced to ceritinib due to more than 25 brain mets and balnce issues. also at same time, whole brain radiation in 10/2015 mistake??? Brain mets size reduced and stable as of 6/2016. Was it radiation or ceritinib?? Bone mets in shoulder 2/2016 and palliative rad.

Brain Metastases in Lung Cancer: Still Room to Personalize Care

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For non-small cell lung cancer patients with multiple brain metastases, the standard approach of whole brain radiotherapy is not necessarily standard for each and every patient. Each patient's specific situation may sometimes be best approached with various combinations of surgery, radiation, medical/systemic therapy, and non-cancer directed treatment.

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