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case_images: High-power magnification of a tumor specimen shows adenocarcinoma (400x).
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case_images: Finally, the patient was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma on the left upper lobe with stage IIa (pT2aN1M0), as shown in Figure 1.
case_images: Circulating tumor DNA liquid biopsy shows S7689I mutation by the ARMS.
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case_images: Amplification Refractory Mutation System was performed. And the result was the same as the surgical specimen two years ago (Figure 2).
case_images: Thoracic computed tomography (CT) before taking gefitinib (A); after taking gefitinib, metastases increased widely in both lungs (B); after taking afatinib for one month, the metastases shrank obviously (C).
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case_images: One month later, the chest CT scan revealed that the metastases increased widely in both lungs, indicating that gefitinib was of primary resistance (Figure 3A and B). The chest CT scan revealed the metastases shrank obviously after 1 month (Figure 3C).