Varinder Kaur, MD; Sara Zadeh, MD
WMJ. 2024;123(4):315-319.
ABSTRACT
Salivary gland carcinomas are a heterogeneous group of rare tumors. There is no established standard of care therapy for metastatic disease. We describe the case of a patient with metastatic salivary gland adenocarcinoma harboring STRN-ALK translocation, with tumor response and clinical benefit from anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibition. Our patient experienced clinical benefit from first and second generation ALK inhibition in a chemotherapy refractory tumor. Tumor mutation profiling can identify mutations that may render tumors sensitive to targeted therapy with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.